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Personal data

• Name METCALF
• Initials GN
• First name GEORGE NORMAN
• Place of birth Hanwell
• Country Middlesex, England
• Family Son of Norman and Annie Metcalf, of 4, George St., Hanwell, London; an elder brother, James and a younger sister, Daisey;
• Profession Carriage cleaner with Great Western Railway
• Extra info Husband of Emma Griffin, of Folly Cottages, Chieveley, Newbury, Berkshire

Military service

• Service number 250295
• Rank Corporal
• Regiment and unit 1st/3rd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
• Division - Brigade 167th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 56th Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds in the back of his head, right arm, right leg and right groin, in n°3 Can.CCS;
• Date of death 15 August 1917
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVII - AA - 2

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