De Ruvigny Roll of Honour Vol 1 page 29
Illustrated Chronicle 1915
He was born in Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, on the 29th September 1884 the son of Everard Dunstan Bellairs of 4 Paley Street, Sunderland and his wife Ellen, daughter of Henry Moon Clark, and grandson of Commander John Henry Bellairs R.N.
Edward enlisted with his brother in 1903, and served eight years in India. On the outbreak of war he re-joined and was wounded on the 20th September 1914, at the Battle of the Aisne and died in the Victoria Hospital at Blackpool 20th July 1915.
His brother William Bellairs, (Service Number 9160) was killed in the same action, and a third brother J. H. Bellairs who was in the 1/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, was wounded in France on the 26th May 1915, and was a prisoner of war in Germany.
Source: De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour
His brother William is remembered at Sunderland on S125.01 and in S140.048
The third brother is J. H. Bellairs who is remembered at Sunderland on S142.06 and S125.01 and in S140.048
Edward Dunstan Bellairs is remembered at Sunderland in S140.048
