Capt. Roger Charles Noel Bellingham

BELLINGHAM, ROGER CHARLES NOEL

• Rank: Captain
• Date of Death: 04/03/1915
• Age: 30
• Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery 37th Bty.
• Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
• Grave Reference: Sp. Mem.
• Cemetery: DICKEBUSCH OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
• Additional Information: Son of Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Bart, and Lady Constance Bellingham, of White Mills, Castlebellingham, Co. Louth; husband of Alice Ann Bellingham.
• CWGC

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BELLINGHAM, ROGER CHARLES NOEL, Capt., 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Bellingham, of Castle Bellingham. 4th Bt., H.M. Lieutenant, co. Louth, by his wife, Lady Constance Noel, 2nd dau. of Charles George, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough; b. Wilbury Road, Brighton. 28 April. 1884 ; educ. Oratory School, Edgbaston. and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. — Dec. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1906. He retired 26 Oct. 1912, and was placed in the R.F.A. Special Reserve. On 8 Nov. the same year he was appointed A.D.C. to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland (the Marquis of Aberdeen), which position he held until outbreak of war, when he rejoined his regt. on Aug. 5. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force, was specially mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette. 22 June. 1915], by F. M. Sir John French, for gallant and distinguished service in the field and was found dead in his bed near Ypres 4 March, 1915, after a week's hard fighting. He was buried in Dickebush Parish churchyard, three miles from Ypres. When at Woolwich in 1909, Capt. Bellingham wrote the best essay and was specially complimented by the General Commanding in Chief (Brig.-Gen. J. D. Snow), who wrote (21 Feb.) ; "A well written essay which shows a careful study of the campaign. What is particularly good about the paper, is, that the writer, having selected his principle, on which to write, has stuck to it throughout, and quoted every instance which bears his argument. In writing on Colombey that action was not an ordinary rear-guard action. The French had to fight, to gain more considerable time, than is usual in rear-guard actions. Lieut. Bellingham is to be congratulated on his paper, and he should develop into a good writer." He m. at Stabannon, co. Louth. 18 Jan. 1910. Alice Ann. dau. of Richard Naish. of Ballycullen, co. Limerick, and had issue two children: Roger Carroll Patrick Stephen, b. 23 April, 1911, and Constance Catherine Mary Pia, b. 21 Oct. 1912.

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