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Menin Gate, Ypres Menin Gate, Ypres
First Name: Walter Henry Last Name: BELCHER
Date of Death: 17/01/1915 Lived/Born In: Walworth
Rank: Private Unit: Royal Fusiliers4
Memorial Site: Menin Gate, Ypres

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New Kent Road

Born-Walworth

 

At the beginning of 1915, 3rd Division were holding a section of the line south of Ypres and on 16th January, 1915,  the  4th Royal Fusiliers battalion of 9 Brigade, moved into the front line where they remained until relieved on 20th January. The battalion diary records this period as being “quiet” but with the trenches in a very bad condition after much heavy rain and on 17th January, the day on which Walter Belcher was killed, there was a lot of snow. Casualties came from either sniper activity or shelling.

 

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