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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXXV. B. 17.
Additional information
Son of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Belcher, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) and Maggie Belcher of 9846, 107th St., Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Captain Percy James Belcher
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Memorial
Captain Percy James Belcher's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a banker. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Inscription
Detail of Captain Percy James Belcher's name as it appeared on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Inscription
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal May 6th 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Percy James Belcher
Digital gallery of
Captain Percy James Belcher
Digital gallery of
Captain Percy James Belcher
Digital gallery of
Captain Percy James Belcher
Digital gallery of
Captain Percy James Belcher
Digital gallery of
Captain Percy James Belcher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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