Private Henry Bellamy

Army Number: 30444

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British War and Victory MedalHe was born at Ridlington, Rutland and lived Warren Farm, Cottesmore, Rutland.  Son of George and Mary Bellamy, of Ridlington. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He went to France 15th July 1917 and was killed in action, 26th September 1917, during the attack at St. Julian, near Ypres, Belgium.

Commemorated : Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private Henry Bellamy is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Nicholas Church War Memorial, Cottesmore, Rutland.