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Personal data

• Name METCALFE
• Initials J
• First name JOSEPH
• Place of birth Nelson
• Country Lancashire, England
• Last residence Nelson
• Family Son of Joseph and Agnes Metcalfe, of 3, West St., Nelson, Lancashire

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Nelson
• Service number 29544
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 12th Bn. King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 61st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 20th Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Wounded 5 April, hit by a shell while in billets
• Type of wounds Died of wounds in the abdomen
• Date of death 7 April 1916
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - D - 34A

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