Completed Alfred James Bellingham

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Private 201665 Alfred James Bellingham
Abt 23/5/1891 - 11/8/1917 (26)
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Dob 23/5/1891 Dudley

Baptism
Alfred James Billingham
Gender Male
Baptism Date 24 Apr 1891
Baptism Place St. Martin's, Tipton, Stafford, England
Father John Billingham
Mother Emily
FHL Film Number 1526189
Reference ID item 1 p 56

24/4/1891 Staffordshire Tipton St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 445
Baptism date 24 Apr 1891
Person forename Alfred James
Person sex M
Father forename John
Mother forename Emily
Father surname BILLINGHAM
Person abode Aston St
Father occupation Pointsman

Parents John Bellingham & Emily Moon

Freereg
Parents Marriage
1/7/1883 St Peter Harborne
John Bellingham
Gender Male
Age 21
Birth Date abt 1862
Marriage Date 1 Jul 1883
Marriage Place Harborne, St Peter, England
Parish as it Appears Harborne, St Peter
Father John Bellingham
Spouse Emily Moon
Gender Female
Age 25
Birth Date abt 1858
Father Zebulon Moon

1891 27 Aston Street, Tipton, Staffs.
John Bellingham (29, Signalman on London & North West Railways, born Stone, Staffs), his wife Emily (32, born Old Hill), and their daughter: Florry (5, born Winson Green). Also a Domestic Servant, Nellie Howell (16, born Wolverhampton).

1901 Station House, Blake Street, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
John Bellingham (39, Station Master, born Stone, Staffs), his wife Emily (42, born Old Hill – recorded as “deaf from childhood”), and their 5 children: Frederick A. (16, Railway Clerk, born Wolverhampton), Emily F. (15, born Winson Green), Alfred J. (9, born Tipton), Elsie S. (7, born Sutton Coldfield) Thomas H. (1, born Sutton Coldfield).

1911 Station House, Blake Street, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
John Bellingham (49, Station Master, born Stone, Staffs), his wife Emily (51, born Old Hill), and their 3 surviving children of 5: Alfred J. (19, Farm Labourer, born Tipton), Elsie S. (17, At Home, born Sutton Coldfield), and Thomas Henry (11, School, born Sutton Coldfield).

WW1 Records
Private 201665 Alfred James Bellingham
Died of Wounds on Saturday, 11th August 1917, age 26.
Buried in Grave VI. C. 7. at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
'A' Company of 1st/5th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 143rd Brigade of 48th Division.
Son of John and Emily Bellingham, of Station House, Blake St. Station, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Birmingham, Resident: Sutton Coldfield.
First landed France & Flanders, post 31st December 1915.
Medal entitlement: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 11/8/1917 (26)Died of Wounds Belgium

Buried in Grave VI. C. 7. at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/430199/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123 ... bellingham

Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, but commemorated on the St. Peter’s Church Memorial, Little Aston.

Any other info
Birmingham Mail, 31st August 1917
LOCAL ROLL OF HONOUR
Private A.J. Bellingham (25, Editor: actually 26), R. War. Regt., son of Mr J. Bellingham, Blake Street Station, near Sutton Coldfield. He was a stretcher-bearer for his own company, and had been at the front nearly 12 months. Prior to enlisting in February 1915, he was employed by Messrs Holt & Son.

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Zebulon Moon is already on BCC www.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid ... ver=686363

Freereg
Staffordshire
Place Old Hill
Church name (Links to more information) Primitive Methodist
Register type (Links to more information) Other Register
Register entry number 147
Baptism date 15 Feb 1858
Person forename Emily
Person sex ?
Father forename Zebulon
Mother forename Sarah
Father surname MOON
Person abode Old Hill
Father occupation Engineer

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