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1476, Private William BELCHER — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born at Brentwood, Essex.

Enlistment

Enlisted at Lichfield on the 25th of January 1851.

Age: 20.

Height: 5' 8".

Trade: None shown.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

Died "in the Crimea," on the 29th of June 1855.

Next of kin: Mother, no name shown, living at Longleat, near Bath, Wiltshire.

Medals & commemorations

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Lummis and Wynn state, "nothing further known."

Life after service

Death & burial


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