Name
John William Alfred Belchamber
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/03/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
TF/201121
Royal Sussex Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
JERUSALEM MEMORIAL
Panels 25 and 26.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Walkern War Memorial.
Wartime Service
On the 26th March 1917 the Battalion were at Deir El Belah. They were given an order to move to positions near the El Shelluf Ridge where they were to attack Turkish forces that had entrenched themselves. There was a heavy mist covering the desert which d
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
