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NAME: Belcher, Gordon
RANK: Captain
UNIT: Royal Berkshire Regiment
BATTALION ETC: 3rd Batalion attached B Company, 1st Battalion (3rd battalion attched 2nd Battalion in SDGW)
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HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action between 15th & 17th May 1915 (16th May 1915 Festubert on Bramley memorial)
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France
OTHER INFORMATION: MC. Born 26th September 1885 at Brighton. In probate address is Bramley Rectory, near Basingstoke. Son of the Rev. Thomas Hayes & Annie Belcher of Bramley Rectory, Bramley, nr Basingstoke. Father died 1919 and mother later at Macknade, Fleet, Hants. Brother of Harold Thomas & Raymond Douglas who also died. MA Cantab.