The search for Lt Col F W Bell VC / James C Briggs.

Collection type Library
Author Briggs, James C.;
Call Number C 355.00994 S118
Document type Journal Article
Year 1997
Citation Sabretache : the journal of the Military Collectors Society of Australia. Sabretache : the journal of the Military Historical Society of Australia.: 1997, 38, 2
Pagination 3 - 12
Abstract

In this article the author describes how upon noticing a grave for an Australian VC winner with the name of F.W. Bell in his local cemetery in Bristol UK. Led the author into finding out why an Australian VC winner would be buried in Bristol. He details the research he undertook to find out more about Lt Col Bell. Included in the article is a reproduction of a letter to his parents dated 10 August 1901.