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Lieutenant HOWARD MATTHEW BELCHEM

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1915

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE

E. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. and Mrs. Belchem, of Guildford, Surrey; husband of the late Margaret Comer Belchem, of "Kylemore," Harrow Rd., West Worthing, Sussex. Served in the Sudan and South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription QUO FATA VOCANT DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 197
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