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Lieutenant JAMES RUPERT CANUTE METCALFE

Service Number: 177868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 24 October 1942 and 25 October 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXVI. D. 19.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Canute Metcalfe, and of Constance Catherine Metcalfe, of Findhorn, Morayshire.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL? WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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