Arthur George – Belcher – Great Eastern Railway – Gunner – 08/10/1915

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Title

Arthur George – Belcher – Great Eastern Railway – Gunner – 08/10/1915

Initials / forenames

Arthur George

Surname

Belcher

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Royal Field Artillery 64th Brigade, Ammunition Column

Military rank

Gunner

Military number

83052

Railway department

Bishopsgate

Railway job

Van Guard

Date died

08/10/1915

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: December 1915 Supplement (No. 2) p2

Memorial

Fosse 7 Military Cemetery, Mazingarbe

Notes

Aged 19, Belcher was with the GER for five and a half years. He had enlisted in August 1914. He was killed in action.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

05/09/2016

Last updated

05/09/2016

Citation

“Arthur George – Belcher – Great Eastern Railway – Gunner – 08/10/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61364.