Bell, Mark S. (Mark Sever), 1843-1906

1862-1900 army officer; 1862 joined the Royal Engineers; 1865-1866 served in the Bhuntan Campaign, assistant field engineer, command of Royal Engineers and Bengal Sappers and Miners; 1873-1874 served in the Second Ashanti War as adjutant, Royal Engineers brigade and special service officer; 1874 captain and VC; 1880-1885 assistant quartermaster general for Intelligence, Bengal; 1882 major; 1884 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1885-1888 deputy quartermaster general for intelligence; 1885-1888 aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria; 1886-1887 intelligence duty, Burmah Expedition; 1887 brevet-colonel and Jubilee medal; 1893 CB; 1894-1898 colonel on staff, commanding Royal Engineers, Western District; 1898 half pay; 1900 retired.

Epithet: army officer

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