88th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
26/04/1884
Died:
01/04/1919 (Died on Active Sevice)
Age:
34
Summary
Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery was the son of Hugh Maude de Fellenberg Montgomery and Mrs. Mary Sophia Juliana Montgomery (nee Maude), of Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone. Ralph was born on 26th April 1884 in county Tyrone.The 1901 census records Walter as 18 years old. He is living with his parents in Annagh Demesne, Fivemiletown. His father is Deputy-Lieutenant (DL),. Justice of the Peace (JP) and land owner. During Victorian times, the Blessingbourne estate comprised 7,996 acres.Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery was served with the "D" Battery,. 88th Brigade of Royal Field Artillery. Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery died in at The Military Hospital in Doullens on Tuesday 1 April 1919,.age 34.
Further Information
Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery was the son of Hugh Maude de Fellenberg Montgomery and Mary Sophia Juliana Montgomery. Hugh Montgomery and Mary Maude were married on 24th March 1870 in the district of Fermanagh.
The family lived at Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone.
Hugh Maude de Fellenberg Montgomery Esquire, was the Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Tyrone, Justice of the Peace for the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh and Lord of the Manor of Blessingbourne, in the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh. He was born in England.
Mary Sophia Juliana Maude was the youngest daughter of the Reverend and commonly known as the Honourable John Charles Maude, Clerk in Holy Orders, Master of Arts, Rector of Enniskillen. She was born in County Fermanagh.
Noel Vernon Montgomery was born on 26th April 1884 in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone.
Family: Hugh Maude de Fellenberg Montgomery, Mary Sophia Juliana Montgomery, Hugh Maude de Fellenberg Montgomery (born 5th December 1870), Archibald Armar Montgomery (born 6th December 1871), Mary Millicent Montgomery (born 1873, died 1874), Geoffrey Cornwallis Montgomery (born 17th June 1874), Francis Trezilian Montgomery (born 14th July 1875), Charles Hubert Montgomery (born 24th August 1876), Maurice William de Fellenberg Montgomery (born born 22nd September 1878), Walter Ashley Montgomery (born born 4th May 1882), Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery (born 26th April 1884).
The 1901 census records Walter as 18 years old. He is living with his parents in Annagh Demesne, Fivemiletown. His father is Deputy-Lieutenant (DL),. Justice of the Peace (JP) and land owner. During Victorian times, the Blessingbourne estate comprised 7,996 acres.
Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery served with the "D" Battery,. 88th Brigade of Royal Field Artillery.
Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery died at the Military Hospital in Doullens on Tuesday 1st April 1919, age 34.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 26th August 1916:
Captain R N V Montgomery, Royal Artillery, the youngest son of Mr H de Fellenberg Montgomery, D.L., Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, is reported wounded. Two of his brothers, Major General A A Montgomery, R.A., and Brigadier General H M de F Montgomery, R.A., have served with distinction in the present war, being mentioned in dispatches and specially promoted. A third brother, Captain W A Montgomery, is serving in the North Irish Horse.
Ralph Montgomery's last will and testament information: Montgomery Ralph Neal Vernon of Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown County Tyrone. Major in H.M. Army died 1 April 1919 at The Military Hospital Doullens France. Administration Belfast. 17 January to Hugh Maude de Fellenberg Montgomery major general (retired) in H.M. army C.B. C.M.G. Effects £1250.
Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1. Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens.
Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery is commemorated locally in Fivemiletown Parish Church. There is a memorial window which features Saint Barbara, the patron saint of artillerymen. It was unveiled on Sunday 13th March 1921. It was erected by the parents and brothers of Major Ralph Montgomery DSO. “Four brothers from the Blessingbourne family saw active service in the war,” said the Lord Bishop of Clogher “three of them were in the artillery. In the providence of God three came safely through it all, and the window will perpetuate the memory of the one who had made the great sacrifice.”
Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery is also commemorated locally on Fivemiletown War Memorial and also on the WWI Roll of Honour in St John's Church, Fivemiletown.
The CWGC record Major Ralph Noel Vernon Montgomery as the son of Hugh de F and Mrs Montgomery of Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone.
