BELLINGHAM, ROGER CHARLES NOEL, Captain, 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd son of Sir Henry Bellingham, of Castle Bellingham, 4th Bt., H.M. Lieutenant, co. Louth, by his wife, Lady Constance Noel, 2nd daughter of Charles George, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough; b. Wilbury Road, Brighton, 28 April, 1884; educated Oratory School, Edgbaston, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieutenant -- Dec. 1903, and promoted Lieutenant 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 Lieutenant of Ireland (the Marquis of Aberdeen), which position he held until outbreak of war, when he rejoined his Regiment on Aug. 5. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force, was specially mentioned in Dispatches [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, Captain 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. Lieutenant Bellingham is to be congratulated on his paper, and he should develop into a good writer." He married at Stabannon, co. Louth, 18 Jan. 1910, Alice Ann, daughter 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.

Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916.

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