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Private CHARLES NORMAN METCALFE

Service Number: 201413
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XI. E. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas and Mary Jane Metcalfe, of 5, Providence Terrace, Franklin Rd., Harrogate. Born at Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription A SILENT THOUGHT A SACRED TEAR KEEP HIS MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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