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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
L/Cpl. A. Metcalfe
Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Digby Metcalfe
British Army 2/20th Btn. London Regiment
from:York
(d.31st Aug 1918)
Digby joined the RWK and in 1918 he was posted to the London Regiment. He died on or near Bailleulval, France.
Spr. Edgar Seaton Metcalfe
British Army 218 Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:North Shields
(d.24th Jun 1917)
Edgar Seaton Metcalfe enlisted at Jarrow and served in 218th (Glasgow)Field Company, Royal Engineers. He died from wounds age 26 on the 24th June 1917 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church, He is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals also that he died from wounds.
Edgar was born in Jarrow 1891, son of Edgar Seaton and Rosine Metcalfe nee Slevin of 29 Donkin Terrace, North Shields. In the 1911 census Edgar(19) is lodging with the Schmeiter family at 34 Hugh Street, London working as a Pantryman at a hotel.
Pte. George Metcalfe
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
George Metcalfe was discharged on the 8th of April 1916, time expired
J. C. Metcalfe
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
Sgt. James Thomas Metcalfe
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Darlington
(d. )
James Thomas Metcalfe was my Grandfather. He went to Egypt with the Darlington Pals the 18th Division of The Durham Light Infantry where he was Batman to a Corporal Jesse H Kenworthy. He then went to the Somme where he took two hens to Roast for his men, not finding any dry wood for the fire he came across a church door that he broke down. The French were not happy about this so my Grandfather lost his stripes. At least him and his men had a hot meal that night to go with their rations.
L/Sgt. Joe Metcalfe
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Farsley, Yorkshire
(d.6th July 1918)
Having long had an interest in the First World War, when I came upon a wonderful, large, oak framed photograph of a WW1 soldier at a car boot sale, I decided to buy it and try to find out who he was. The photograph had the original backing on, and when I removed this, the name Medcalfe was written on the back. Through locating the identify of his cap badge, and his sergeant's stripes, I carried out some internet research and found that his name was Joe Metcalfe (sometimes spelled Medcalfe) and that he had belonged to the 2nd Battalion, KOYLI. He was on the Farsley war memorial as having died on 6th July 1918.
After further research through, among other sources, the Commonwealth Graves Commission, I found out where he was buried, and visited his grave in Beauvoir-Wavans Cemetery in Northern France. It is a beautiful, rural location, and it was a very moving experience to place some flowers there. I also found out some of his history, including where he lived, who his family were, and what he had done before the war. Although not a relative, I have always felt a strong connection with this young man who gave his life before he had a chance to really begin it. His photograph still hangs on a wall in my house.
L/Cpl. John Charles Metcalfe
British Army 2nd Btn York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Pontefract
(d.27th Jul 1915)
John Metcalfe is buried at Rouen. He was the son of Mr. George and Mrs. E. Metcalfe, of 16, Cleaves Row, Pontefract, Yorks.
Pte. Joseph Metcalfe
British Army 5th Btn. West Yorks
from:York
(d.3rd May 1917)
My grandfather, Joseph, worked in a foundry in York and he was a keen fisherman. He was married to Margaret and had five children. The middle one was Violet while the other four were boys, in descending order of age, William, Joseph, Frederick and, my father, Edward who was born on the 8th December, 1913.
It is reputed that when Joseph found that his city was being bombed by Zepperlins he volunteered for the West Yorks. He trained in the UK but I do not know where, except that Grandma is reckoned to have taken his children to wave goodbye to him as his train passed through York. It might, therefore, have been Colsterdale where he undertook initial training but there is also rumour that he completed training on Salisbury Plain.
I don't know when or where he landed in France as the War Office tell me that records pertaining to him were lost due to bomb damage in WWII. He died on the disastrous advance from Arras on 3rd May 1917. He was one of the many 'missing believed lost' and a report, unsubstantiated, states that during the advance he took a direct hit from a shell to the head. His daughter Violet told of the many visits her mother made to the docks when she heard that repatriated troops were being landed at the docks in Hull.
She later remarried and had another family and sadly some of Joseph's personal things 'went missing'. The saddest loss of all is the bronze 'Widow's Penny' which 'disappeared' in York following the divorce of his second son who was the 'keeper' of it. My father passed on to me Joseph's medals and watch, while my cousin, Frederick's eldest gave me a late framed photo of Joseph taken before the war and we have one of him in uniform.
wrote an article in the York Press requesting readers to search to see if they acquired his bronze Widow's Penny but to no avail. I would dearly like to have it back in the family's possession. I have visited the Arras memorial where he is listed among the dead.
Pte. Sam Metcalfe
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:4, Norman St., Burnley.
(d.28th Apr 1917)
Sam Metcalfe served with the 9th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 28th April 1917, aged 26. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. He was the son of George William and Mary Elizabeth Metcalfe, of 4, Norman St., Burnley.
Pte. Sam Metcalfe
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.28th April 1917)
Sam Metcalfe died 28th April 1917, aged 26 and buried in the Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of George William and Mary Elizabeth Metcalfe of 4 Norman St., Burnley.
Pte. William Metcalfe
British Army 2/4th Batalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
from:Long Preston, West Riding of Yorkshire
(d.22nd November 1917)
My great uncle, William Metcalfe, was killed in the Battle of Cambrai. In civil street he was a stone mason, working for a local firm in his local village Long Preston. He was a fine runner winning cups in his area and when he was in Army.
Capt. R. C. Metge
British Army 5th Btn. Leinster Regiment
Captain Metge was 33 when he died on the 4th October 1919. He is buried in the north-east part of the Bective (St. Mary) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Meath, Ireland.
Pte. Edward John Metters
British Army 1st/4th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancs)
from:Haverigg
(d.15th June 1915)
Sgt. Alphonse Meulbrouck
British Army 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Cheltenham
Burgher Jan Adam Mey
South African forces Ermelo Commando Mounted Commandos
from:Lilieburn, Ermelo, Transvaal
(d.20th March 1915)
Burgher Mey was the Son of Mr. J. J. and Mrs. C. J. Mey, of Lilieburn, Ermelo, Transvaal. He was 29 and is buried in the Lilieburn Farm Burial Ground, Warburton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Condr. Jacobus Johannes Phillippus Meyer
South African Service Corps
(d.28th August 1916)
Jacobus Meyer was the Son of Renier Stefanus Meyer and Johanna Magdalena Meyer, husband of the late Cornelia Jacoba Meyer. He was aged 51 and is buried in the Palmietkull Farm Burial Ground, Dervon, Gauteng, South Africa.
Pte. Enoch William Meyler
British Army 23rd Btn. Royal Welsh Fusliers
from:29 Burry St, Seaside, Llanelly, Wales
Enoch Meyler was my step grandfathers father. We can find no record of his death in the UK or Ireland. He was a patient in the hospital for 10 days in June 1919 with myalgia before he was discharged. We know he died when my step granfather was very small, so prob in the early 1920s. His wife Elizabeth died around the same time leaving the 3 children orphans and being raised in an orphanage in Llanelly.
L/Cpl Albert Stanley Meyrick
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers
from:Cardiff
(d.29th Sep 1918)
Albert Meyrick was the brother of my Grandmother; he was apparently killed by a sniper on 29th of September 1918.
Pte. Joseph Michie
British Army 7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire
(d.1st June 1917)
Pte. Frederick William Mickle
British Army 141st Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:8, Church Rd., Maxton, Dover.
(d.14th Jul 1917)
Cpl. Arthur Theodore Mickleburgh
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Norwich
Pte. George Edward Middleditch
British Army 12th Btn Lancashire Fusillers
George Middleditch was my Grandfather who died in 1980. George told a the story of when he signed up, he was terrified of horses so did not want anything to do with them. Being a bit green about the Army he plumped for the remounts..... where he had to break and train horses.
George entered the enemy trenches at Dorian, Bulgaria in 1918. He was reported as missing but was actually in a prisoner of war camp and was repatriated in 2nd Dec 1918.
Pte. Wilf. Middlemass
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Bebside
(d.1st July 1916)
Wilf Middlemass is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Alexander Middlemiss
British Army 1/6th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Cornhill on Tweed
(d.2nd November 1914)
Chester Hazen Middlemiss Military Medal
Army Fighting 25th New Brunswick Regiment
My maternal grandfather Chester Hazen Middlemiss served with the Fighting 25th, New Brunswick Regiment, C.E.F. and won the Military Medal for bravery at the Battle for Arras. He survived WW1.
Cpl. R. B. Middlemiss
Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. 41st Btn.
Cpl. Alfred Middleton
British Army 1st Btn East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Alfred Middleton is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Cpl. Alfred Middleton
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Corporal Alfred Middleton was born in Sheffield and enlisted in Beverly, Yorkshire. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, and is commemorated on Sheffield Council's Official Roll of Honour, and Pier and Face 2 C of Thiepval Memorial, France.
Bertie George Middleton
Royal Navy HMS Salvia
(d.20th June 1917)
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