Family Search: When Private Ruseell William Belcher was born on 7 December 1897, in London, Ontario, Canada, his father, Claude William Belcher, was 24 and his mother, Jessie Annie Yeo, was 21. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 18, his occupation is listed as woodworker in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 8 August 1918, in Marcelcave, Somme, Picardie, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Démuin, Somme, Picardie, France.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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