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Surname: METCALFE
Forename(s): George Henry
Place of Birth: Bell Busk, Yorkshire
Service No: 92149
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1918-03-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: H. 6.
CWGC Cemetery: BOIS-CARRE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAISNES
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Henry Metcalfe was the son of John and Sarah Metcalfe, née Atack. John was born at Bell Busk and Sarah at Cross Gates, Yorkshire.
1881 Coniston Cold, Yorkshire Census: Square, Bell Busk - George Henry Metcalfe, aged 3 years, born Bell Busk, son of John and Sarah Metcalfe.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 12, Crossley Place - George H. Metcalfe, aged 13 years, born Skipton, son of John and Sarah Metcalfe.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 91, Castle Street - George H. Metcalfe, aged 22 years, born Bell Busk, Yorkshire, son of John and Sarah Metcalfe.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 11, Daisy Hill - George Henry Metcalfe, aged 32 years, born Bell Busk, Yorkshire, son of John and Sarah Metcalfe.
George was married to Annie Horne in 1912.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George H. Metcalfe, 92149, Notts & Derby R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte George Henry Metcalfe, 92149, 9th Bn Notts & Derby R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte George Henry Metcalfe, 92149, 9th S Bn Notts & Derby. Date and Place of Death: 10.3.18 in action France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Annie. £10 6s. 0d. Self and child.
George was attached to the 33rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, 11th (Northern) Division.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
METCALFE, George Henry, aged 40, Trench Mortar Battery, 60, Tufton Street, [Silsden], killed in action March 10, 1918.
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Private George Henry METCALFE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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Entry for the marriage of George Henry Metcalfe to Annie Horne, 27 April 1912
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22 March 1918
FORMER SKIPTON SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
News was received this week by Mrs. Metcalfe, 60 Tufton Street, Silsden, of her husband, Private George Henry Metcalfe, Light Trench Motor [Mortar] Corps, who was killed in action in France on March 10th 1918. Private Metcalfe was 40 years of age and had served from May 1917, when he joined the Sherwood Foresters, and after 8 weeks’ training went to France. He had lived in Silsden about 8 years, and was employed on munitions at Royd Works, Keighley. Before coming to live at Silsden he resided at Skipton, where he was employed at the Silk Mill for 21 years. There is another brother, Private Albert Metcalfe, serving in the Yorkshire Regiment, who is at present in hospital in India.
07 March 1919
METCALFE – In loving remembrance of our dear son and brother, Pte. George Henry Metcalfe, who was killed in action in France, March 10th, 1918 ; also of our dear daughter and sister, Julia Taylor, who died at Skipton, March 6th, 1905.
Passing out of a shadow into a fuller light,
Stepping behind a curtain to get a clearer sight;
Passing out of the shadow into eternal, day,
To our dear ones this was not dying, when
their saviour called them away.
From their loving Father, Mother, Sisters and Brother, 11 Daisy Hill, Silsden.
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22 March 1918
METCALFE – Killed in action, March 10th, Pte. George Henry Metcalfe, of the Light Trench Mortar Corps, husband of Mrs. Metcalfe, of 60, Tufton Street, Silsden, aged 40.
22 March 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Pte. G.H. Metcalfe Killed
Mrs. Metcalfe, of 60, Tufton Street, Silsden, has received information on the death in action on March 10th of her husband, Pte. George Henry Metcalfe, of the Light Trench Mortar Corps. Pte. Metcalfe, who was 40 years of age, enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in May, 1917, and went out to France in July after being in training about eight weeks. He was later transferred to the Light Trench Mortar Corps. He was well-known in Silsden, and was formerly employed on munitions at Messrs. Summerscales, Royd Works, Beechcliffe, Keighley. Prior to coming to Silsden he was employed for 21 years at the Skipton Silk Mill. A brother, Pte. Albert Metcalfe, who was attached to the West Yorkshire Regiment, has been serving since the outbreak or war, but is at present in hospital in India with a broken knee-cap.
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