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{{Personnel
|id=2192
|Surname and forenames=Bell Joseph Russell
|Army number=4456672
|Rank=Cpl
|Age=28
|Unit=10 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=24/7/1943 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of William Moore and Florence Hilda Bell, Evenwood.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Prisoner of War=Yes - 12/7/40
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 24-Jul-43.  Initially interred at Thorn PoW Camp reference Q54/J37.  Reburied 17/11/1948 in Grave 5. A. 11. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads "IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS R.I.P.".
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William Moore Bell and Florence Hilda Bell, 15 Manor Street, Evenwood.  Probate granted at the Durham Office 11/9/1944 to Cpl Bell's father in the sum of £200.2.5d.
+|Home address=Resident of Evenwood, County Durham.  Son of William Moore Bell and Florence Hilda Bell, 15 Manor Street, Evenwood.  Probate granted at the Durham Office 11/9/1944 to Cpl Bell's father in the sum of £200.2.5d.
 |Image Name=RBellphoto3.jpg
 |Image Title=Corporal Joseph Russell Bell, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
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 [[File:RBheadstone.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Corporal Bell's headstone in Malbork Cemetery]]

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 |Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches.
 |Rank=Corporal.
-|Date of birth=Born County Durham, probably 1914/15.
+|Date of birth=Born County Durham. Birth registered in Auckland District Q4 1915.  Mother's maiden surname Roxborough.
 |Age=28 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial, no exact enlistment date - but his Regimental Number suggests probably Spring 1939. Posted initially to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted 10th Bn DLI, probably 1st September 1939 on the establishment of the Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - officially notified 12/7/1940.  DIED as a Prisoner of War - shot by German guards while attempting to escape from PoW Camp.  (Not recorded in Official PoW volume as this appears to exclude deaths in custody).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial, no exact enlistment date available, but his Regimental Number suggests probably Spring 1939. Posted initially to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted 10th Bn DLI, probably 1st September 1939 on the establishment of the Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - officially notified 12/7/1940.  DIED as a Prisoner of War - shot by German guards while attempting to escape from PoW Camp.  (Not recorded in Official PoW volume as this appears to exclude deaths in custody).
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - 12/7/40
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 24-Jul-43
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 24-Jul-43.  Initially interred at Thorn PoW Camp reference Q54/J37.  Reburied 17/11/1948 in Grave 5. A. 11. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads "IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS R.I.P.".
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William Moore Bell and Florence Hilda Bell, Manor Road, Evenwood.  Buried Grave 5. A. 11. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William Moore Bell and Florence Hilda Bell, 15 Manor Street, Evenwood.  Probate granted at the Durham Office 11/9/1944 to Cpl Bell's father in the sum of £200.2.5d.
 |Image Name=RBellphoto3.jpg
 |Image Title=Corporal Joseph Russell Bell, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.

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	[[File:RBellphoto1.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|PoW Group including Corporal Bell]]		[[File:RBellphoto1.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|PoW Group including Corporal Bell]]
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		+	Corporal Bell's CWGC Headstone is shown here:-
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		+	[[File:RBheadstone.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Corporal Bell's headstone in Malbork Cemetery]]

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 |Died/Killed in action=Died 24-Jul-43
 |Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William Moore Bell and Florence Hilda Bell, Manor Road, Evenwood.  Buried Grave 5. A. 11. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery.
-|Image Name=
+|Image Name=RBellphoto3.jpg
-|Image Title=
+|Image Title=Corporal Joseph Russell Bell, 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}
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 A PoW Group photo featuring Corporal Bell is shown here:-

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 |Surname and forenames=Bell Joseph Russell
 |Army number=4456672
-|Decorations=MiD
+|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches.
-|Rank=Cpl
+|Rank=Corporal.
 |Date of birth=Born County Durham, probably 1914/15.
-|Age=28
+|Age=28 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date - but probably Spring 1939. Posted 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted 10th Bn DLI, probably 1st September 1939.  Served BEF.  Prisoner of War - notified 12/7/1940. DIED as Prisoner of War - shot by Germans while attempting to escape from PoW Camp.  (Not recorded in Official PoW volume).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Territorial, no exact enlistment date - but his Regimental Number suggests probably Spring 1939. Posted initially to the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.  Posted 10th Bn DLI, probably 1st September 1939 on the establishment of the Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably on 20/5/1940 - officially notified 12/7/1940.  DIED as a Prisoner of War - shot by German guards while attempting to escape from PoW Camp.  (Not recorded in Official PoW volume as this appears to exclude deaths in custody).
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
-|Prisoner of War=12/7/40
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - 12/7/40
-|Died/Killed in action=24-Jul-43
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 24-Jul-43
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William Moore and Florence Hilda Bell, Manor Road, Evenwood.  Buried Grave 5. A. 11. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William Moore Bell and Florence Hilda Bell, Manor Road, Evenwood.  Buried Grave 5. A. 11. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}
 The DLI Roll of Honour shows Cpl Bell - in error - as being with 1st Battalion DLI.  His place of death in the War Office list of WW2 deaths is shown as France and Belgium - apparently a convention as that is where he was taken prisoner - whereas he was actually killed in Northern Poland.

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 |Rank=Cpl
 |Age=28
-|Unit=10 DLI
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI,  Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, DIED as Prisoner of War - shot by Germans while escaping.  (Not recorded in PoW volume).
-|Died/Killed in action=24/7/1943 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=24-Jul-43
-|Home address=Son of William Moore and Florence Hilda Bell, Evenwood.
+|Home address=Son of William Moore and Florence Hilda Bell, Evenwood.  Buried Grave 5. A. 11. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}