Joyce Peter Bell L/Cpl 4276086
Personnel Entry
Name Joyce Peter Bell
Army number 4276086
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 29/10/1919 in Durham, mother's maiden name Bell.
Age 69 At the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 15/2/1940. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/7/1940 and posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Wounded. Posted ? Battalion DLI on Brigade disbandment. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 27/12/1944. Returned to the UK. Relegated to theClass Z Army Reserve 31/7/1946. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman or perhaps Storeman, given his later transfer.
Joined Brigade 18/7/1940
Promotions None known beyond Lance Corporal.
Wounded Yes - Normandy - date not recorded.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Death registered July 1989 in Durham Western District, aged 69.
Home address Married Annie Nicholson in Durham Central District in Q3 1945.
Source table 11DLI