Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian military officer
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About Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
- Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving , (15 January 1891 – 1 October 1918) was a Canadian army officer from Vancouver. Bell-Irving had a distinguished military career during WWl.
- He was part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that was assembled at Valcartier, Quebec at the outbreak of the war.
- He shipped to France in 1915 as a lieutenant in the 16th Infantry Battalion (the Canadian Scottish).
- He was in action throughout the war and achieved the rank of acting lieutenant-colonel before his death in battle on 1 October 1918. Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919.
- He had also been much decorated and recognized for his valour during the war.
- Five brothers, who also served in the war, survived the conflict.
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