Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Second Lieutenant C. B. G. Belding, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 11 March 1915

1914 Star (2.Lieut: C. Belding. North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. C. Belding.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue, naming erased on last, good very fine and better (4) £160-£200

Clare Beauchamp Glover Belding was born in South Creake, Norfolk, in 1874 and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment at Colchester on 26 February 1895. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he was promoted Corporal on 13 July 1897, before transferring to the 1st Battalion on 28 February 1898, and serving with them in India from that date to 7 February 1905. He was promoted Sergeant on 8 October 1900, and Colour Sergeant on 17 May 1907. Appointed Company Sergeant Major on 1 October 1913, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity, per Army Order 333 of 1913.

Belding was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment on 4 November 1914, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1914. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 11 March 1915, aged 41. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

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