John Henry (Henna) Bell

[Radcliff]

I  still can not find anything concerning your John Henna dieing at the pit,a trip up to Woodhorn ,might be more usefull,

[Radcliff]

I would have thought his death would have been registered Tynemouth district,

Michael in Dundee ,can you answer that question please,

[Radcliff]

Wonder how old you were supposed to be to join up ww1

John Henry Bell
Next of Kin
Sarah Bell,mother
99 Foremans Row
Seaton
born 13th July 1900
enlisted Cramlington,3rd June 1915
yet birth states 1900?
aged 19 years and 1 month
Height 5 feet 8 inches
1st Northumbrian  BDE RFA
possibly discharged Jan 1916,
Gunner,2261/2258

[heilanlassie]

Wonder how old you were supposed to be to join up ww1

John Henry Bell
Next of Kin
Sarah Bell,mother
99 Foremans Row
Seaton
born 13th July 1900
enlisted Cramlington,3rd June 1915
yet birth states 1900?
aged 19 years and 1 month
Height 5 feet 8 inches
1st Northumbrian  BDE RFA
possibly discharged Jan 1916,
Gunner,2261/2258

That's an amazing piece of information. Where did you find it?

[Radcliff]

 
Did he have any other names
John H R T Bell
Death registered Tynemouth
March 1932
age approx 31
worth researching
He married in Tynemouth
March 1921
to Francis A Forster
and possibly had two children,
Nancy and Robert
1921 /1922

the other plain old John Bell
also Tynemouth district
1942
estimated birth 1900

another marriage to look at is
John H Bell and Florence T Towland
Tynemouth 1922
they have three children

[Radcliff]

Frances A Forster
1901 census living Cramlington
daughter of Edward and Ann Forster
born Seghill aged 4 months,

[Michael Dixon]

Gillian,

 Michael has switched back to Newcastle.

 If this man died in a pit accident in Seaton Delaval, his death would have been registered within the main Registration District of Tynemouth ( whose office was situated at North Shields). Sub-districts of Tynemouth included Blyth which covered Seaton Delaval.
 On 1 Oct 1936 name of reg district was changed to Northumberland South ( but head office office still at North Shields) until 1 April 1974, when it became North Tyneside, part of Tyne & Wear.

To enlist in WW1 men had to be 18 yrs. But could not be posted abroad until 19 yrs.
However it is supposed that 250,000 under 19s fought abroad. 18000 "boys" died in the Battle of the Somme !

Michael

[Radcliff]

Thank you Michael,
I thought I was correct in my assumption that if he died in Seaton ,his death would have been registered  Tynemouth,I just wanted you to clarify that for me as I do find the registration district changes difficult to keep in my head,
And glad to hear you are back in Northumberland for Christmas,
Gillian

[chevygem]

I have just come across these posts,,while searching the Bell family,,I read Harold helped to carry his brother out the mine..Harold bell was my Grandad,he was married to Violet...my mothers parents..who lived in western avenue, seaton delaval....