Kempsey Churchyard has the distinction of being the only churchyard in Worcestershire in which a holder of the Victoria Cross is buried. It was awarded to the then Captain Edward William Derrington Bell of 23 Regiment (later the Royal Welch Fusiliers).
Bell's grave is the flat stone between the clover-leaf upright stone and the tree in the background.
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This is the inscription on the Bell's grave stone. Question marks show where time and moss have obscured the inscription.
| . IN A VAULT UNDER THIS STONE ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF GENERAL EDWARD WELLS BELL COLONEL 66(?) REGIMENT WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT KEMPSEY OCTOBER 9(?) 1870 AGED 81 YEARS ALSO OF MARY ANNE HIS WIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 19 1870(?) AGED 73 YEARS THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR LIVES AND IN DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED ALSO OF MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD WILLIAM DERRINGTON BELL V.C. (?) C.B. COLONEL 2 BA(?) (?) (?) (?) NORTHERN DISTRICT (?) BELFAST ON THE 10 OF NOV 1879 AGED 51 YEARS (?) BATH (?) ALSO HIS WIFE CHARLOTTE WADSWORTH BELL BORN JUNE 18TH 1808 DIED APRIL 19TH 1892 THY WILL BE DONE . |
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