Guardsman 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,later of 4 Raglan St, 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.
The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his father:
HE GAVE
THE RICHEST GIFT OF ALL
HIS BRIGHT YOUNG LIFE