Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Thomas Henry METCALFE
Private 20211 Thomas Henry METCALFE
4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Died of Wounds, Friday 29th October 1915, No.2 General Hospital, Le Havre, France, age 20
| Home address: | 54 Chapel Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1895, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Annie Metcalfe and David Metcalfe 54 Chapel Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Checker Gas Worker |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France, plot 19, row K, grave 10. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Private Metcalfe suffered gun shot wound to right thigh, causing a compound fracture to the femur on October 6th 1915. The leg was amputated, but infection had set in and he died of Sepsis on October 29th 1915.