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Plaque | War served | WW1

Douglas Belcher VC

Erection date: 16/5/2015

Inscription

{Beneath an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Lance Sergeant Douglas Belcher
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
13th May 1915

Site: Surbiton war memorials (5 memorials)

KT6, Ewell Road

The Belcher plaque is on the stone in the foreground of our photo, and the St Mark's cairn and WW2 memorials behind it.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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World War 1

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Douglas Walter Belcher, VC

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Department for Communities and Local Government

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St Mark's WW2 cairn

St Mark's WW2 cairn

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Surbiton war memorial - WW1 names and WW2

Surbiton war memorial - WW1 names and WW2

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Surbiton war memorial - WW2 civilians

Surbiton war memorial - WW2 civilians

In memory of civilians killed in the Surbiton Borough between 1939 - 1945.

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Surbiton war memorial - WW2 names

Surbiton war memorial - WW2 names

{Two panels headed:} In commemoration of World War II, 1939 - 1945 {Followed ...

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