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Ordinary Seaman JAMES METCALFE

Service Number: D/JX 241291
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Drake.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAWES (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD

Grave 19.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Metcalfe, and of Sophia Isabel Metcalfe, of Hawes.
  • Personal Inscription "I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH"
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Buried or commemorated at

HAWES (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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