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Private RICHARD BELCHER

Service Number: 40770
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WYTSCHAETE MILITARY CEMETERY

III. A. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Charles Belcher, of Hackney Rd., Bethnal Green; husband of Louisa Belcher, of 9, The Oval, Hackney Rd., Bethnal Green, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

WYTSCHAETE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1016
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