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Corporal WILLIAM EMMERSON METCALFE

Service Number: 620395
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

208 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRTLEY NEW CEMETERY

Sec. J. Grave 12.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Emmerson Metcalfe and Ada Metcalfe of Birtley.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING IN GOD'S KEEPING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BIRTLEY NEW CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 15
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