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Military service
Service number:
123194
Age:
21
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
February 26, 1896
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alfred James and Rose Belcher, of 576, William St., London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Cecil Russell Belcher
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Newspaper Clipping
Cecil R. Belcher enlisted in London, Ontario, on September 7th, 1915. His brother was Norman Wilfred Belcher, 226048, who enlisted in London, Ontario, on October 23rd, 1915. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Cecil Russell Belcher
Pte Cecil Russell Belcher 70th Btn as remembered in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario ---And in the morning -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Cecil Russell Belcher
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Cecil Russell Belcher
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Cecil Russell Belcher
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Cecil Russell Belcher
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Cecil Russell Belcher
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Cecil Russell Belcher
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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