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Air Mechanic 3Rd Class JOHN GEORGE METCALFE

Service Number: 52645
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

26th Balloon Sect.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

I. AA. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Christina Metcalfe, of 24, St. Catherine's Rd., Grantham, Lincs. Native of Stokesley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription CHERISHED MEMORIES OF ONE EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 559
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