Campbell Bell

[shaner13]

Hi
ive just received a box of family photos from my aunt,and amongst them is a photo of a mr Campbell Bell,he is wearing a salvation army hat.The Bell family are not ancestors,so i presume he was a friend of the family,i also expect he lived in the sheffield area,the photo is early 1900s to 1920s, if anyone could provide me with any information on the gentleman id be very grateful.
regards shane

[CaroleW]

Have you checked freebmd for a possible birth?  There are only 2 entries for that name - one in 1885 and the other in 1924 - neither in Sheffield

The free 1911 index has some entries in Yorkshire but Campbell is the middle name -not the first name

Hard to know whether the Salvation Army was his full time employment as you may have been able to check the 1911 entries

I may help if you could give an opinion as to how old he appears to be in the photo

[shaner13]

Hi
id say he was aged late 20s to early 30s,which would fit the 1885 birth.
My great grandmothers writing is on the back of the postcard and she died in 1918 aged 28.
It simply says?mr campbell bell?.
thanks shane