Norman Leven Russell Bell
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Lieutenant-Commander Norman Leven Russell Bell, R.N. (28 February, 1883 – 9 July, 1917) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of a substitute sheriff, Bell was born in Edinburgh.
Bell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1905.
Bell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1913.
Bell was appointed to the battleship H.M.S. Vanguard on 26 September, 1913 as navigator. Like several of her wartime officers, he remained in her a considerable time, fighting in her at the Battle of Jutland. Unfortunately, Bell's tenure proved too long, as died when she blew up in Scapa Flow on 9 July, 1917.
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