Draft:John Meredith Bellman
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Brigadier John Meredith Bellman MC (1920-1988) was a British Army officer and Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II.
He was the son of Colonel John Francis Bellman M.C. (born 4 Jan. 1893) and Elsie Hoskins.[1] He was educated at Wellington College and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
John Bellman served in the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in World War II, seeing action in Egypt then Burma. On 11th August 1942 he was promoted to Captain.[2] In July 1944 he won the M.C. for gallantry under fire and then in August he won it again, adding a bar to it. [3] [4] [5]
In 1967 he was promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier.[6] He was later appointed Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II, and retired in 1975. [7] [8] He stood in the xx General Election as a Conservative candidate for xx, but lost after the former conservative MP xx stood again as an independent and split the vote. He did not stand again.
References
[edit]- ^ "Genealogy in Hertfordshire".
- ^ "War Diary: 4th Field Regiment R.A. July 1942 - March 1943, Egypt".
- ^ "Recommendation for Award for Bellman, John Meredith (MC)".
- ^ "Recommendation for Award for Bellman, John Meredith (Bar)".
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 1944" (PDF).
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 2ND JANUARY 1968" (PDF).
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, Monday, 2nd June 1975" (PDF).
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 27th May 1975" (PDF).