 Basa rake rezvesayenzi rakakanganiswa neHondo Yenyika I. Kubva muna 1916 kusvika muna 1919, akashanda muRoyal Regiment yeCanada Artillery uye akarwa paYpres, Vimyuye Arras. Pashure pehondo, Bell akagara muEngland kwemwedzi inoverengeka achiongorora zvisaririra zveBritain asati adzokera kuzvidzidzo zvake paYale. Muna 1920, akagamuchira PhD yake nokuremekedzwa. 