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Lance Serjeant J W METCALF

Service Number: 32593
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3

XVI. H. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Christina Metcalf, of Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Westmorland; husband of Thirza Hepworth (formerly Metcalf), of 41, Cobden St., Dalton-in-Furness, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1613
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