Individual Details
Alfred BELCHER
(Abt Jan 1894 - 12 Apr 1917)
Events
| Birth | Abt Jan 1894 | Putney, Surrey, England |  | ||
| Census | 1911 | Greengrocer - 38 Gay Street, Putney, Surrey, England | | ||
| Marriage | Abt Oct 1914 | (Registration District), Wandsworth, Surrey, England - Margaret COLLINS | | ||
| Military | 1917 | Leinster Regiment, British Army |  | | |
| Death | 12 Apr 1917 | Killed in Action - Liévin, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | | | |
| Burial | Aft Apr 1917 | Liévin Communal Cemetery, Liévin, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret COLLINS (1895 - ) |
| Father | Alfred BELCHER (1870 - ) |
| Mother | Mary Jane WHITE (1868 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Richard James BELCHER (1896 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Emma Elizabeth BELCHER (1899 - ) |
| Sibling | Gladys Lilian W BELCHER (1905 - 1983) |
| Sibling | William Thomas BELCHER (1909 - 1997) |
Notes
Military
From CWGC Web-site:Regiment/Service: Leinster Regiment - 2nd Bn.
Rank: Private
Service No: 5529
Date of Death: 12/04/1917
Age: 23
From Soldiers died in the Great War.
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Wandsworth, London
Rank: Private
Regiment: Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Regimental Number: 5529
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 146787, Royal Field Artillery.
Death
Extract from Army Register of Soldier's Effects.Record No: 451182
Registry No: 8/401167
Name: Belcher, Alfred
Regiment; Rank; Number: 2nd Btn Leinster Regiment; Private; 5529
Date & place of death: 12 April 1917 - In Action , France
Credits: Account/Date: Cork - May 1917 - Amount: £3 10s 3d
Charges: £3 10s 3d - Account/Date: M/O June 1917
Date of authority: 19 June 1917
To whom: Wid. Margaret
Amount: £3 10s 3d
No on list advertised: 459
War Gratuity paid.
Endnotes
1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1894 Jan/Mar - Wandsworth - Vol: 1d Page: 799.
2. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 2434 (Household: 272).
3. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1914 Oct/Dec - Wandsworth - Vol: 1d Page: 1572.
4. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Belcher, Alfred.
5. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919.
6. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Belcher, Alfred.
7. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919.
8. UK - Army, Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 451001-452500; Reference: 253.
9. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Belcher, Alfred.