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Lance Corporal Henry George Bellinger

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1878-06-20
Place of birth: Winchester Hampshire England
Next of kin: Mary Ann Bellinger, wife. General Delivery, Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Tailor
Occupation (normalized): Tailor, Made-to-Measure Garments
Address: General Delivery, Ottawa, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1915-01-08
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, III. K. 3.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 1264
Rank detail

Lance Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vierstraat

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 456268
LAC ID: 37083
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0630-S079
Uploader's Notes:

Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in September 1914 [ an Original]. Killed at Vierstraat January 8, 1915.

Father of Mrs. Mildred Pollock (formerly Bellinger) of 14 Devonshire Avenue, Brantford, Ontario.

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One of the two men killed by enemy shell fire 8 Jan 1915. L/Cpl Bellinger, and Pte Fry were the first fatal casualties of the Regiment on the Western Front. ( source " With the Patricia’s In Flanders 1914-1918 Then & Now " By Stephen K. Newman Pg. 34)

Uploader's Research notes: [Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-17