5 Images
Front of a Victoria Cross medal
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Cigarette Card of Donald Simpson Bell
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Donald Simpson Bell's Gravestone
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Reverse of a WW1 Red Cross Medal
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Donald Simpson Bell, Professional Footballer and WW1 Soldier
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Royal Mint Museum cartoon fact sheet on the process of making medals
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Fact sheet on the Royal Mint during WW1
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Fact sheet on the Royal Mint during WW1 (Welsh language)
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Royal Mint Museum cartoon fact sheet on the process of making medals (Welsh language)
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Teachers' Notes: The Battle of the Somme 1916 film
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10 Supporting Links
External Site Links
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Stories of Victoria Cross recipients on the MOD website
Bell’s profile and images of his memorials on the Memorials to Valour website
Youtube: The Battle of the Somme 1916 film
Youtube: BBC 1976 documentary on the Battle of the Somme with veteran interviews
IWM Football and the First World War website
History of the Football Battalion in WW1, Spartacus Education website
Historical football kits: colour images of the kit DSB played in
Stories of WW1 servicemen from the National Army Museum
Forces War Records - History of the Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire) Regiment