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Private W METCALFE

Service Number: 2618
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 November 1915

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. C. 263.

Greece

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Esther Metcalfe, of Accrington, Lancs; husband of Lucy Anna Metcalfe, of 51, Piccadilly St., Haslingden, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 352
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