The memorial at Bell’s Redoubt, Contalmaison marks the location where 2nd Lieutenant Donald Bell lost his life.  It commemorates the former Bradford Park Avenue footballer who won the British Empire’s highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross, five days before his death during the Battle of the Somme.

The memorial was in large part funded by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), who gave financial support to a memorial project initiated by the Friends of The Green Howards Museum, and was constructed by a mason from the locality after stone had been transported to France from Yorkshire.  Officially unveiled by General The Lord Dannatt on 9 July 2000, the memorial was rededicated on 11 September 2010 after refurbishment work that involved the addition of a new plaque.