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VC1068    William Henry Metcalf

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Name   William Henry Metcalf    No.      

VC Issue No.   1068   Awards   VC   MM  

Regiment   Canadian Expeditionary Force, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion, Manitoba Regiment

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Lance-Corporal

Rank End Of Career   Lance-Corporal

Place Of Birth   Waite, Washington County, Maine, USA

Place Of Death   At his home, South Portland, Maine

Buried/Location Ashes   Bayside Cemetery, Eastport, Maine, USA

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   12 August 1968

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Section D, Plot 11 - NW

Gazetted   15 November 1918

VC Presented   26 January 1919 by King George V at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Bayside Cemetery, Eastport, Maine, USA

P  Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

P  Memorial Plaque, Villers-les-Cagnicourt, Nr Arras, France

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, Barrie Military Heritage Park, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

P  Memorial Plaque, Villers les Cagnicourt, Pas-de-Calais, France

By The Way…

A new headstone was erected in October 2012 showing the Victoria Cross

VC Held By

Canadian Scottish Regiment Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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BORN   29 January 1885

DIED   8 August 1968  AGE   86

VC Won   2 September 1918   AGE   33

Place VC Won  Arras, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918