Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Neville METCALFE
Second Lieutenant Pilot Neville METCALFE
189 (Night) Training Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed in a flying accident, Wednesday 7th August 1918, Hornchurch, Essex, age 23
| Home address: | 190 Muslin Street*, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1895, New Mills, Derbyshire |
| Parents: | Agnes Metcalfe and Sidney Metcalfe 3 Werneth Avenue, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Bleacher Labourer |
| Enlisted: | - |
| Remembered: | St Andrew's churchyard, Hornchurch, Essex, plot II. |
| Link to Hyde: | Mother lived in Hyde |
Brother to Private 240416 Charles Louis Metcalfe.
Second Lieutenant Neville Metcalfe flew a Sopwith Camel, registered D6683, built by Boulton and Paul.
Hyde Reporter, 17th August 1918, page 5, column 3:
He was killed in an accident while flying at Hornchurch, Essex. He was flying a new machine and hovering around, when the aeroplane dived and fell a distance of 100ft on to the aerodrome, killing him instantly.
About five weeks ago he had an accident while flying, but his machine fell in a tree and saved him from serious injury. He was hurt slightly in the shoulder.
* Muslin Street is now Talbot Road. See our notes on Old Place Names.