Private Robert Bell

Private Robert Moffat Bell. 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Normandy in the fighing for Cambes Wood, on 12th June 1944, aged 28. He he had been born in Glasgow and was the son of William and Isabella Bell of Birgham and the husband of Alice Elizabeth Bell of Glass, Aberdeenshire. He is buried in La Deliverande War Cemetery, Douvres, Normandy, France. He was the first man in Birgham to be called up into the Forces and the first man to become a casualty. Before joining the Army he had worked with Messrs Turnbull, timber merchants in Kelso. His Headstone is inscribed ” For Honour, Liberty And Truth He Sacrificed His Glorious Youth” The piper is Robert Bell from Coldstream. He was Private Bell’s nephew and he is playing ” Floo’ers o’ the Forest at his Uncles grave side. The second colour photo shows Coldstream Pipe Band playing the K.O.S.B Regimental March ” Blue Bonnets O’er The Border”. The other photos show the Borderers in Normandy,