Name |
Percy Cyril BELCHAM |
Rank/Number |
Corporal 8032 |
Regiment |
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 1st Battalion |
Enlisted |
Chatham, Kent |
Age/Date of death |
27 03 Nov 1915 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Died Mesopotamia |
Last known address |
Worthing, Kent (sic) |
Cemetery |
Basra War Cemetery, Iraq |
Grave or Memorial Reference |
V.F.16 |
Possible Location |
Haddenham Baptist Church |
Date/Place of birth |
Mar qtr 1888 Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, Surrey |
Date/Place of baptism |
13 May 1888 Stoughton, Guildford |
Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
regular soldier |
Parents |
Capt Fred George & Mary Ann Belcham |
Parent's occupation |
retired Army Captain |
Parents' Address (last known) |
"Woodstock", St Georges Rd, Worthing |
Wife |
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Wife's Address (last known) |
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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 |