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Lieutenant W C METCALFE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. A. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Metcalfe, of Sutton, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVES IN MEMORY FOR EVER AS WE LAST SAW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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