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Personal Details of Wilfred Leslie Bell

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Born:
Died:	09/07/1897
Buried:	12/07/1897

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Wilfred Leslie Bell.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for Wilfred Leslie Bell.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	North Kerbstone: Outer Slope: In Loving Memory of / Elsie Jeffery Bell who died Sept. 22nd. June 22nd. 1913 aged 23 years. // Scroll tablet: In Loving Memory of / Wilfred Leslie Bell / who died July 9th. 1897 / aged 13 months //

Name on Memorial	WILFRED LESLIE BELL
Date of death	09/07/1897
Age	13 mths
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	4 Kerbstones; Scroll tablet
Construction Material	Marble Lead letters
Condition of memorial	Kerbstones and Scroll in good condition, the Scroll was almost completely buried by soil & vegetation but now dug up. Letters on Scroll, but not kerbstone, badly worn.
Pattison Location Code	P(D)8
Recorder's Notes	Elsie Jeffery Bell was the second daughter of Rosa nee Taylor & Architect Walter Henry Bell, whose parents and siblings are buried in P(D)7. She had a tragic death described in the Newspaper reports on the Burial page of the FNRC website. Elsie was born at 8, West St, Newbury before the family moved to the Market Place, Newbury where her father practised. He designed many of the big houses in South Newbury. Wilfred, their youngest child of 2 boys & 2 girls, was born in The Market Place & predeceased his sister Elsie in 1897 aged only 13 months. This was a very sad time for the Bell family as 3 of Walter's brothers had died in the previous decade. Their parents, Walter & Rosa are buried in plot W67 NRC. Sources: NRC Bur Recd; Ancestry records.
Others named on memorial
ELSIE JEFFERY BELL

Memorial Images

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Elsie Jeffery Bell grave

William Bell grave

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Wilfred Leslir Bell
Date of burial	12/07/1897
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Private Grave
By whom buried	Reverend J M Connell
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 096
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Wilfred Leslie Bell
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Walter Leslie Bell

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	15/08/1897
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	WALTER LESLIE BELL BELL - July 9, at the Market Place, Wilfred* Leslie, youngest child of Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Bell, aged 13 months. * Listed in Account Book as WALTER Leslie Bell – buried 12/7/1897
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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