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Private Harold Bell served with 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion. He took part in the invasion of Italy in September 1943.He was killed, when transport ship HMS Abdiel carrying the 6th Parachute Battalion struck a landmine in Taranto Harbour on 10 September 1943 killing over 50 members of the Battalion. He is recorded as lost at sea and was commemorated on memorial in the Free Church at Taranto. Pte Bell is also commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.

 

Memorial to 6th Parachute Battalion killed in action at Taranto harbour.

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The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, r...
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Memorial to 6th Parachute Battalion killed in action at Taranto harbour.
Memorial to 6th Parachute Battalion killed in action at Taranto harbour.
Memorial to 6th Parachute Battalion killed in action at Taranto harbour.
Memorial to 6th Parachute Battalion killed in action at Taranto harbour.
Panel on the Memorial to the Missing at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. January 2001.
Panel on the Memorial to the Missing at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. January 2001.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
Memorial to the Missing, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.