Background
BELCHER, Robert was born on April 23, 1849. Son of Robert Tovey Belcher and Elizabeth Bounford.
BELCHER, Robert was born on April 23, 1849. Son of Robert Tovey Belcher and Elizabeth Bounford.
Byron House, Ealing. 9th Lancers, 1868-1873. North-West Mounted Police of Canada, 1873-1908. Through North-West Rebellion, 1885.
Served in Yukon, 1897-1899. Attended the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with N.W.M.P., 1897. Decorated: sendees in South Africa in 1000-1001 with Strathcona’s Horse (despatches, Companion of St. Michael and St. George). Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the 19th The Alberta Mounted Rifles.
Spouse 1880, Maggie,daughter of Donald M'Leod.
Companion of St. Michael and St. George, 1000. Major.