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Captain William Henry Dillon Bell
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Captain William Henry Dillon Bell

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31 Jul 1917 (aged 33)
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Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium Add to Map
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Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
He won the Wellington Suburbs and Country seat in the 1911 general election, and held it to 1914, when he retired and volunteered for service in World War I. He served in the Samoa Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action in Belgium on 31 July 1917 as a Captain with a King's regiment, the 1st King Edward's Horse.
He was a son of Sir Francis Bell, a Reform Party leader and later the first New Zealand-born Prime Minister.

See also Findagrave memorial #24886777
Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
He won the Wellington Suburbs and Country seat in the 1911 general election, and held it to 1914, when he retired and volunteered for service in World War I. He served in the Samoa Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action in Belgium on 31 July 1917 as a Captain with a King's regiment, the 1st King Edward's Horse.
He was a son of Sir Francis Bell, a Reform Party leader and later the first New Zealand-born Prime Minister.

See also Findagrave memorial #24886777

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Note from GN: 1st King Edward's Horse. 31st July 1917. Age 33. M.P in New Zealand. Son of the Hon. Sir Francis Bell

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