Frank Bingham
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Full name | Frank Miller Bingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alfreton, Derbyshire, England | 17 September 1874||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 May 1915 Ypres salient, Belgium | (aged 40)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium pace bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1896 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 28 May 1896 Derbyshire v Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1], April 2012 |
Frank Miller Bingham (17 September 1874 – 22 May 1915) was an English doctor, all round sportsman and army officer who was killed in the First World War.[1] As a cricketer, he played for Derbyshire in 1896.
Life and cricket career[]
Bingham was born in Alfreton, Derbyshire, the son of Dr Joseph Bingham. He was educated at St Peter's School, York, and qualified as a doctor at St Thomas's Hospital.
Bingham made one first-class appearance for Derbyshire, against Marylebone Cricket Club during the 1896 season. He made seventeen runs, batting in the lower order.[2] He also played rugby union for Blackheath F.C. and Middlesex. He was in practice at Alfreton for four years and then went to Lancaster.
Military career and death[]
Bingham was an enthusiastic Territorial Army officer. He was first commissioned as a medical officer with the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 24 March 1910,[3] unusually he transferred to 5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) on 26 November 1910 as a line officer,[4] and so in the First World War served as a combatant rather than as a military doctor. He was promoted captain in 1914 and commanded a company. He took part in the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915 and was killed on a reconnaissance mission after stopping to dig a man out of a collapsed trench. After digging the man out, Bingham and his men were spotted, and Bingham was shot in the heart, killing him instantly.[5][6] He has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Menin Gate.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 1 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Frank Bingham at Cricket Archive. Cricketarchive.com (22 May 1915). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ "No. 28371". The London Gazette. 13 May 1910. p. 3389.
- ^ "No. 28440". The London Gazette. 25 November 1910. p. 8691.
- ^ "Letter sent home by Frank Miller Bingham". www.oucs.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Newspaper Obituaries of Frank Miller. Oucs.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Casualty details—Bingham, Frank Miller, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved on 9 November 2009.
External links[]
- [2] World War I letter
- 1874 births
- 1915 deaths
- English cricketers
- Derbyshire cricketers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- People from Alfreton
- King's Own Royal Regiment officers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- People educated at St Peter's School, York
- English rugby union players
- Blackheath F.C. players
- Rugby union players from Derbyshire
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers