SOLDIERS GLORY, ROUGH NOTES OF AN OLD SOLDIER; MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE BELL

Sir George Bell KCB (17 March 1794 - 10 July 1877) was an officer in the British Army. He served during the Peninsular War in the Napoleonic Wars, the First Anglo-Burmese War, the Rebellions of 1837 in Canada, and the Crimean War. During the Crimean War he saw action at the battles of Alma and Inkerman, and at the Siege of Sevastopol. His autobiographical work, was originally published in two volumes, entitled Rough Notes By An Old Soldier: During Fifty Years' Service, From Ensign G. B. To Major-General C. B., This book contains the best of the original two volume edition. Described as a gossiping and amusing account of his life and services, in the Peninsular and Crimean wars, of garrison life in Canada in the 1830s and action in the rebellion there. There were later visits to the United States latterly during the Civil War. He was created a Knight Commander of the Bath on 13 March 1867; a lieutenant-general on 28 January 1868; and a general on 8 March 1873. He died at 156 Westbourne Terrace, London on 10 July 1877 and is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.