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Gunner WILLIAM RAY METCALFE

Service Number: 85338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

2nd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1916

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. W. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Jane Metcalfe; husband of Susannah Metcalfe (nee Wright), of Verda Cottage, Beckenham Avenue, East Boldon, Co. Durham. Born at South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription HUSBAND OF SUSANNAH METCALFE OF SOUTH SHIELDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 713
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