Next of Kin: David and Elizabeth Bell, Goderich, Ontario
Occupation: Labourer
Personal Details: 5 ft. 8 in., 145 lbs., dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Methodist

Wilfred Laurier Bell was born in 1891 at Palermo, Ontario, in Halton County, near the present day City of Oakville.  He was the third youngest of nine children born to David and Elizabeth Bell.  Sometime in the late 1890s, the family moved to Goderich, and resided on Britannia Street where his father was employed as a painter and paper hanger.