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Lieutenant Alva Elmer Metcalfe

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Military service

Age: 25
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Bn.
Birth: January 6, 1892 Brant County, Ontario
Enlistment: November 16, 1914 Alberta
Death: November 8, 1917 Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: III. G. 7.
Additional information

Son of Delbert and Edna A. Metcalfe. On enlistment, Lieutenant Metcalfe stated that he was a student and single prior to joining up for the Great War. He had one year previous service with the Alberta Dragoons.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 293 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY is located 2 Kilometres east of Ieper town centre, on the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen.

From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.

The MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY is located 800 metres along the Meenseweg on the right hand side of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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