Maurice Oswald Bell
Attended Queen Elizabeth School from 1929 to 1936.
His name is on 2 Honour Shields at the school, one for the 1935 unbeaten Cricket XI and for the 1936/36 unbeaten Football XI.
He worked for the Post Office at East Kirkby.
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His parents were Joe Oswald and Esther Grace Bell of 56 Victoria Road, Kirkby in Ashfield.
He had enlisted in September 1939 and was on his way home for Christmas leave in December 1940 when he was taken ill.
He died at Mansfield General Hospital on Christmas Day after an operation after ptomaine poisoning (ptomaine poisoning is food poisoning caused by eating food contaminated with putrefying bacteria).
He is buried at Kingsway Cemetery, Kirkby in Ashfield, plot A.1. 862.
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