BELL, FREDERICK WILLIAM,
Lieutenant, served in the Boer War of
1899-1902, and won the Victoria Cross. He was decorated by the Prince of
Wales, in London, on 11 July 1902. His VC was gazetted 4 October 1901:
"Frederick William Bell, Lieutenant, West Australian Mounted Infantry. 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". He became temporary
Captain while in command of a Rest Camp in 1915. He died 28 Apr
54 in Bristol and was buried in Canfield Cemetery, Bristol. His VC is
located in the West Australia Museum, Perth.
