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• Name METCALFE
• Initials JC
• First name JOHN CLIFFORD
• Place of birth Cleckheaton
• Country West Yorkshire
• Last residence Eastfield, Carlton Road, Liversedge
• Family Son of John Richardson Metcalfe and Grace Hollings Metcalfe, of Eastfield, Liversedge, Yorkshire; three sisters, Marie, Edith and Beatrice; a younger brother, Alfred;
• Education Batley Grammer School; University of Leeds (1907 - 1912)
• Profession Dresser at the Infirmary
• Extra info Commemorated on memorials at Batley Grammar School, Liversedge Church, St Saviours (Norristhorpe and Heckmondwike) and Leeds Infirmary

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 13 October 1914
• Rank Captain
• Medals M C
• Regiment and unit 1st West Riding Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
• Army - Corps - Division 49th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Joined as Lt.; to France April 1915; MC in May 1917 for 'long and valuable service';

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 20 March 1918
• Died at the age of 29
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - E - 7

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