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Reading, Berkshire [6]

Marylebone, London [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Abingdon, Berkshire [4]

Islington, London [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Berkshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Kent England [3]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

London England [2]

Oxford [2]

Stanmore, Middlesex [2]

Wormley, Hertfordshire [2]

Appleford, Berkshire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1]

Berkshire, England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bourne End, Berkshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Bresdway, Worcestershire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Broadstairs, Kent [1]

Caversham, Oxfordshire [1]

Caversham, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Chapman Victoria [1]

Chinchilla Queensland [1]

Christchurch, Oxfordshire [1]

Cobar New South Wales [1]

Cwmbran, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Deritend, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Drysdale New South Wales [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Duntisbourne Abbots, Glos [1]

Duntisbourne Abbots,Cirencester,Gloucs. [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [504]

Driver [44]

Gunner [42]

Serjeant [36]

Corporal [33]

Lance Corporal [26]

Sapper [24]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Pioneer [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Bombardier [6]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Assistant Matron [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

/Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brigade Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

L Corporal [1]

Matron [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [73]

Labour Corps [63]

Royal Engineers [57]

Army Service Corps [55]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [55]

London Regiment [38]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [34]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Tank Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [750]

Royal Navy [77]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [49]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [996]

Contribution

Military Service [985]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

India [2]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Pakistan [1]

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Reading, Berkshire [6] Marylebone, London [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Abingdon, Berkshire [4] Islington, London [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Berkshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Kent England [3] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Birmingham [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] London England [2] Oxford [2] Stanmore, Middlesex [2] Wormley, Hertfordshire [2] Appleford, Berkshire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1] Berkshire, England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bourne End, Berkshire [1] Bow, London [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Bresdway, Worcestershire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Broadstairs, Kent [1] Caversham, Oxfordshire [1] Caversham, Reading, Berkshire [1] Chapman Victoria [1] Chinchilla Queensland [1] Christchurch, Oxfordshire [1] Cobar New South Wales [1] Cwmbran, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Deritend, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Drysdale New South Wales [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Duntisbourne Abbots, Glos [1] Duntisbourne Abbots,Cirencester,Gloucs. [1] Edinburgh [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [504] Driver [44] Gunner [42] Serjeant [36] Corporal [33] Lance Corporal [26] Sapper [24] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [12] Acting Corporal [11] Pioneer [11] Lieutenant [10] Acting Serjeant [7] Major [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Bombardier [6] Staff Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Assistant Matron [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] /Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brigade Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] L Corporal [1] Matron [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [73] Labour Corps [63] Royal Engineers [57] Army Service Corps [55] Royal Berkshire Regiment [55] London Regiment [38] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [34] Machine Gun Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Middlesex Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Essex Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Tank Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [750] Royal Navy [77] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] Canadian Expeditionary Force [49] Australian Imperial Force [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [996]

Contribution

Military Service [985] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [21] India [2] Canada [1] France [1] Pakistan [1]

Frank Belcher

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161212

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William F Belcher

Born 1876

Died 1945

British Army 30469 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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James Belcher

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 67540 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 43425 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Enos Belcher

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 19995 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Belcher

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115944

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Harry Walter Belcher

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6538 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd battalion southst Battalion

British Army 6538 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick Ernest Belcher

Born 1882

Died 1919

Royal Navy 2354 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/2354(S) Gunner Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. "Crescent."

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Robert William Belcher

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28439

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Herbert Richard Belcher

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52312

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Stephen John Belcher

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7599 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7599 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Belcher

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8351

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Joseph Stephen Belcher

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 201747 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Richard Belcher

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 40770 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 40770 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Belcher

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2501 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 39787 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 39787 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Pearson Belcher

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246175

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Charles Hawkins Belcher

Born 1884

British Army 9198 Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 South Wales Borderers

British Army 9198 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9198 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Austen Charles Sandham Belcher

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Adjutant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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George Wellington Belcher

Born 1887

British Army 18481 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 18481 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Belcher

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 157496 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/255168 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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Arthur Edward Irving Belcher

Born 1893

Died 1956

British Army 950 Private London Regiment 28th county of lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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