§ 123. Mr. McKayasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that 22634767 Alfred Bell, D.C.R.E., at Derna, North Africa, fell on a cable and was electrocuted; and if he will make a statement on the circumstances of this soldier's death.
§ Mr. HeadI am awaiting a full report from the court of inquiry which assembled on the day following Sapper Bell's death. I can, however, say that he was employed with the Royal Engineers Works Services on a task at the Army Kinema Corporation Cinema at Derna and that during these duties on 15th July he was found lying across a 320 volt electric overhead cable on the roof of the cinema. After first-aid treatment by a medical officer he was removed to the British Station Hospital where, most regrettably, he died three hours later.