Main CPGW Record
Surname: METCALFE
Forename(s): John Moore
Place of Birth: Settle, Yorkshire
Service No: 111935
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Battery 161st Brigade
Division: 32nd Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1918-10-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. I. 1
CWGC Cemetery: BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Moore Metcalfe was the son of Sarah Jane Metcalfe (born Askrigg, Yorkshire, c. 1869), the daughter of John and Agnes Metcalfe. Sarah married Edmund Airey in 1901.
1901 Hawes, Yorkshire Census: The Holme - John M. Metcalfe, aged 6 years, born Settle, Yorkshire. [John was living with his grandparents, John and Agnes Metcalfe.]
1911 Hawes, Yorkshire Census: The Holme - John Moore Metcalfe, aged 16 years, born Settle, Yorkshire. [John was living with his widowed grandmother, Agnes Metcalfe.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr John M. Metcalfe, 111935, R.F.A. Dead 3.10.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr John Moore Metcalfe, 111935, R.F.A. Dead 3.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr John Moore Metcalfe, 111935, A/161 Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 3.10.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Sarah J. Airey. £22 15s. 11d.
A short biography of John is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
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, John, [Hawes], R.F.A., killed in action Oct. 3. 1918.
---
Click the thumbnail below to view a larger image.
Gunner John Moore METCALFE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 32nd Division
---
View Craven Herald Articles
View Craven Herald Articles
18 October 1918
ANOTHER HAWES LAD KILLED
The death is reported of Private John (Jackie) Metcalfe, R.F.A., Hawes. He volunteered in October 1915, and joined up December of the same year. He joined the R.F.A., and after going overseas was attached for two years to the M.T., A.S.C. He was badly gassed last January whilst with the Trench Motor Battery, was invalided home, but went overseas again last July with the R.F.A. He was killed instantly on the 3rd inst. with a shell. Jackie Metcalfe, as he was familiarly known, was brought up from infancy with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Metcalfe, Hawes, was one of the quietest and most unassuming of lads and a great favourite with his comrades, and the townspeople generally. He was for years prior to joining up a member of Hawes Church Choir, and also a member of Hawes Brass Band. He is the second member of the choir and the third member of Hawes Band who have fallen in action. His death cast a great gloom over the town, and the utmost sympathy is felt for the family in their great loss.
08 November 1918
HAWES
A Memorial Service in memory of Corporal J. T. Moore, Gunner J. Moore, Lance-Corporal C. D. [Milner], Private John Metcalfe, and Corporal W. Mitton, recently fallen in their country’s service, was conducted at Hawes Parish Church, on Sunday afternoon by the Vicar, the Rev. S. D. Crawford. There were special psalms, and the hymns were ‘On the Resurrection morning,’ ‘Peace, perfect peace,’ and ‘Now the labourer’s task is o’er.’ The Vicar based an appropriate address on the words, ‘O death, where is thy sting?’ and after the Benediction the draped Union Jack was held at the chancel steps by Cadet Lance-Corporal H. Wilson, whilst the Dead March was played on the organ by Mrs. Place and the ‘Last Post’ sounded by Mr. J. Blades.
---
Comment on this Soldier Record
You can leave comments on this soldier record. Please note all comments will be manually approved before they appear on the website.
No comments yet.