The first officer of the British Columbia Contingent to fall, he was killed while directing a work party in reparing a trench; Lieutenant Bell-Irving was shot by a sniper.
Military Service-
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Engineers
Division: 2nd Field Company
A graduate (1908) of the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the CEF on 24 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec. He was a surveyor and engineer by trade.
Son of Dr. D. Bell-Irving of Vancouver, British Columbia, in his first year he emigrated with his parents from England, settling in Vancouver.
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving is commemorated on Page 5 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Regiment/Service: Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Coy.
Military Service-
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Engineers
Division: 2nd Field Company
A graduate (1908) of the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the CEF on 24 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec. He was a surveyor and engineer by trade.
Son of Dr. D. Bell-Irving of Vancouver, British Columbia, in his first year he emigrated with his parents from England, settling in Vancouver.
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving is commemorated on Page 5 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Regiment/Service: Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Coy.
The first officer of the British Columbia Contingent to fall, he was killed while directing a work party in reparing a trench; Lieutenant Bell-Irving was shot by a sniper.
Military Service-
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Engineers
Division: 2nd Field Company
A graduate (1908) of the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the CEF on 24 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec. He was a surveyor and engineer by trade.
Son of Dr. D. Bell-Irving of Vancouver, British Columbia, in his first year he emigrated with his parents from England, settling in Vancouver.
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving is commemorated on Page 5 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Regiment/Service: Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Coy.
Military Service-
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Engineers
Division: 2nd Field Company
A graduate (1908) of the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the CEF on 24 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec. He was a surveyor and engineer by trade.
Son of Dr. D. Bell-Irving of Vancouver, British Columbia, in his first year he emigrated with his parents from England, settling in Vancouver.
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving is commemorated on Page 5 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Regiment/Service: Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Coy.
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