Frederick Bell
Full name:
Frederick William Bell, VC
Born:
Perth
Australia
Died:
Bristol, Gloucstershire
England
Occupation:
Public servant
Fate:
Repatriated to England
Highest rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Enlistment:
Decorations/ commendations:
Victoria Cross (VC), Mentioned in Dispatches (MID), South African War service medals, World War I service medals
Service Number:
8
Conflict:
Second South African (Boer) War 1899-1902, World War I 1914-1918
Military event:
Advance on Pretoria 1900, Battle of Diamond Hill 1900, Battle of Wittebergen 1900
Unit:
6th West Australian Mounted Infantry, Royal Irish Dragoon Guards British Army
Victoria Cross citation
Lieutenant F W Bell
At Brakpan on the 16th May, 1901, when retiring through a heavy fire after holding the right flank, Lieutenant Bell noticed a man dismounted and returned and took him up behind him. The horse not being equal to the weight fell with them, Lieutenant Bell then remained behind and covered the man’s retirement till he was out of danger.
[The London Gazette of 4 October 1901, number 27362, p 6481.]