Corporal Frederick William Belcher

Army Number: 3306

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Pontefract, Yorkshire and lived at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Charlotte Belcher, of Lincoln; Husband of Elizabeth Belcher, of 76, Titchfield Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a professional musician employed by Mansfield Hippodrome at Midworth Street, Mansfield. He enlisted 27th June 1910 and was appointed Lance Corporal 12th September 1914 and promoted Corporal 12th November 1914. He went to France 6th June 1917 and died, 11th February 1918, aged 40,  at No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Calais, France from Syncope.

Buried/Commemorated : Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 5.

Corporal Frederick William Belcher is also commemorated on the following memorials:- Mansfield District Offices War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.