Name |
Percy Cyril BELCHAM |
Rank/Number |
Corporal / 8032 |
Regiment/Unit |
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 1st Battalion |
Enlisted |
Chatham, Kent |
Age/Date of death |
27 / 03 Nov 1915 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Died / Mesopotamia |
Residence at death |
Worthing, Kent (sic) |
Cemetery |
Basra War Cemetery, Iraq |
Grave Reference |
V.F.16 |
Location of memorial |
Haddenham Baptist Church |
Date/Place of birth |
Mar qtr 1888 / Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, Surrey |
Date/Place of baptism |
13 May 1888 Stoughton, Guildford |
Occupation of Casualty |
regular soldier |
Parents/Occupation |
Capt Fred George & Mary Ann Belcham / retired Army Captain |
Parents' Address |
"Woodstock", St Georges Rd, Worthing |
Wife |
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Wife's Address |
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Notes |
Mentioned as a casualty in a memorial service in 1917 . Known as Cyril. His father is also named in various newspaper articles 1904-1908 and took part in Flower Shows, musical events etc. in Haddenham. Surname also spelled Belchem |
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