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Gunner WILLIAM METCALFE

Service Number: 8524
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

5th Reserve Bde.

Date of Death

Died 26 November 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY

F. N.C. 8012.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Metcalfe, of 23, Kenyon St., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription FOND REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 268
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