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Private JOHN METCALFE

Service Number: 242450
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 March 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

VI. B. I.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John W. and E. Metcalfe, of Blackpool.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONOUR LIBERTY AND TRUTH HE SACRIFICED HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH.
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1182
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