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Private R METCALFE

Service Number: 4726
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. D. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. S. Metcalfe, of 38, Chamber St., Gateshead.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 422
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