Biography of Lance Corporal Oliver Ira Wells Belton (70746)
2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 18th June 1920

Soldier

  • Name: Oliver Ira Wells Belton
  • Date of birth: 1898
  • Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth Registration: October – December 1898
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

  • Name: Edmund Smith Belton
  • DOB: 1854
  • Place of Birth: Dyke, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Boot maker

Mother

  • Name: Ellen Hilda Beaumont
  • DOB: 1854
  • Place Of Birth: Martin, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 1878 Lincoln District

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Constance Helena Belton, 1878, Brightside
  • Eugene Vernon Belton, 1879, Brightside
  • Sidney Edgar Belton, 1882, Bourne
  • Gordon Beaumont Belton, 1884, Bourne
  • Marion Georgiana Belton, 1886,  Bourne
  • Madeline Laura Belton, 1888, Bourne
  • Frances Nellie Belton, 1891, Bourne
  • Eveline Maria Belton, 1892, Bourne
  • Cyril Robert Rodgers Belton, 1894, Bourne
  • Oliver Ira Wells Belton, 1898, Bourne
  • Dorothy Allenby Belton, 1901, Bourne

Census

  • 1901: Oliver is living with his parents at 8 Exeter Row, Bourne, Lincolnshire.
  • 1911: Oliver is living with his parents at 8 Exeter Row, Bourne, Lincolnshire.
Relatives in services

  • None found

Marriage

  • No marriage for Oliver has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.
Newspaper Mentions

  • None found

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • Available

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • None found

Pension Records

  • Available

Effects Left To

  • Sister Frances Nellie Kent

Medals

  • The British Medal
    The Victory Medal

Memorials

  • UK:
  • Bourne, Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Lance Corporal O I W Belton, 70746, 2nd Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment who died on 18 June 1920 Age 22
  • Son of Edmund Smith and Ellen Belton, of Bourne, Lincolnshire.
  • Remembered with honour, Karachi 1914 – 1918 War Memorial

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Military Service Timeline

  • Dead of appendicitis in Murree, Bengal, India

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission