Bingham, Frank Miller
Captain Frank Miller Bingham, 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment who was killed in Flanders on May 22 1915 was born on September 17, 1874 and was the son of the late Doctor Bingham of Alfreton, Derbyshire. Educated at St Peter's School, York and St Thomas's Hospital, London, he was an MRCS England and LRCP London. He formerly played cricket for Derbyshire County and was well known Blackheath rugby forward. He was gazetted Lieutenant in the 5th King's Own Territorial Battalion, November 1910 and was promoted Captain in 1914. Up to the outbreak of war he was in medical practice in Lancaster. The Times 31 May 1915
Memorial to the late Dr F M Bingham. A bronze tablet with excellent medallion portrait was unveiled, on December 2nd, at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, to perpetuate the memory and gallant death of Dr F M Bingham. The ceremony was performed by Dr George R Parker, the senior practitioner of the district, and partner of the deceased. Dr Bingham, who will be remembered at St. Thomas's as a keen sportsman, being Captain of Cricket in 1897 and a member of the Rugby XV, was serving as a Captain in the 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, T.F. He was shot by a sniper early on the morning of May 22nd, while engaged in digging out one of his men who had been buried by a bursting shell. St Thomas's Hospital Gazette, December 1915
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Bingham |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Frank Miller |
| Date of birth | 17 September 1874 |
| Place of birth | Alfreton, Derbyshire |
| Family details | Son of Dr. and Mrs. Bingham, of Alfreton, Derbyshire; husband of Ruth Morley Bingham, of Highfield House, Lancaster |
| Previous education | St. Peter's School, York |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1893-1897 |
| Dept / course | Conjoint Diploma |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1897 |
| Military unit | 5th Bn. King's Own, Royal Lancs |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 22 May 1915 |
| Age at death | 40 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Commemoration(s) | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; The Times |