Erection date: 16/5/2015
{Beneath an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Lance Sergeant Douglas Belcher
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
13th May 1915
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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Douglas Belcher VC
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Douglas Belcher VC
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