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Driver ROBERT WILLIAM METCALFE

Service Number: T/69894
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. N. 4.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Metcalfe; husband of Jennie Metcalfe, of Forest Hall, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HIS WAYS WERE GOOD HIS HEART WAS TRUE HE NEVER DESERVED WHAT HE WENT THROUGH
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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