Sapper John Malcolm Middlehurst Metcalfe
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Metcalfe,
John Malcolm Middlehurst
Date of birth: 1888-01-17
Place of birth: Ilford Essex England
Next of kin: J A Black, friend. Marine Hospital, Port Townsend, Washington, U.S.A.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Cook
Occupation (normalized): Cook, Except Private Service
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1918-12-14
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Toronto (Mount Hope) Cemetery, Sec. 18. Range 17. Gr. 3.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1820
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
- Sapper (Army). 1917-09-20 to 1918-12-14
- Sapper (Army). 1916-04-17 to 1917-09-20
- Sapper (Army). 1914-11-14 to 1916-04-16
- Private (Army). 1915-02-10 to 1915-03-08
- Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-26 to 1914-11-14
- Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1914-10-26
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 425751
LAC ID:
189076
Service file: B6141-S054
Uploader's Notes:
Son of John Middlehurst Metcalfe and Mary Metcalfe
Attested in the 3rd Battalion September 22, 1914 at Valcartier as John Malcolm Metcalfe (Service No. 10051) but was discharged March 8, 1915 as a Deserter and his medals were forfeited. Unknown to anyone, he reattested in the Canadian Engineers at Bustard Camp, England (Service No. 1820) with effect from September 22, 1914, but altering his name to John Middlehurst Metcalfe (his father's name), and Place and Year of Birth from Ipswich, Essex, England in 1887 to Liverpool, Lancashire, England in 1888. The data above is from his first attestation
Died of cancer at Toronto General Hospital
Uploader's Research notes: 3rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Sapper Army Canadian Engineers No. 2 Army Troops Company Service No. 1820 Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion No. 8 Company Service No. 10051 Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion D Company Service No. 10051 - Deserter, and records transferred to 9th Reserve Battalion for disposition Private Army Canadian Infantry 9th Reserve Battalion Service No. 10051 - Discharged as a Deserter Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 1st Divisional Headquarters Subordinate Staff Service No. 1820 Sapper Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Engineers Regimental Depot Service No. 1820 ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-06-12