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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Time of London
2 Dec 1826.
On Thursday, the remains of the late Mr Thomas Bell, of Hackney, a Lieutenant in the Honourable Artillery Company, were removed from the Armoury-House, and conveyed under an escort of the regiment, to the parish church of Hackney, followed by seven of his sons and other relations, and also by officers of the regiment. The procession left the Artillery-ground between 11 and 12 o'clock, in the following order:-
The Escort
Band of the Regiment
Six Officers, Pall-Bearers
THE HEARSE
With the Body of the deceased.
Four Coaches, containing his Relations and Friends.
The Officers of the Regiment, two and two. Previous to the marching of the escort, and also at the place of interment, the usual military honours were paid to the remains of the deceased; and after the burial service, the band performed a solemn dirge, and the escort fired three vollies over the grave. The escort did not return to the Artillery-ground until nearly four o'clock. We understand that the Court of Assistants had unanimously resolved to bury the deceased with military honours, in consquence of his having died suddenly at the Armoury-house, soon after the breaking up of a Special General Court of the Company, held on the 23d ult, which he attended, and wherein he had about an hour before taken a part in the debate.
- Was of St. Mary, Islington at time of marriage, 1802.
Called Merchant when son Richard married in 1852.
Coal merchant on Well Street.
- 4 June 1801 Thomas Bell, coal merchant, res. Hackney, joined Caledonian Masonic Lodge
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