Private George Belcher

Army Number: 43583

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire and lived at Duffcoat Farm, Old Leake, near Boston, Lincolnshire. Son of Richard and Mary Jane Belcher. He was a farm wagoner prior to enlisting at Lincoln. He was killed in action 31st July 1917, age 32, in the attack near Bellewarde Ridge, near Ypres, Belgium. 

Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.

Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.

Private George Belcher is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Old Leake War Memorial, Old Leake, Lincolnshire.