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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Death:
June 15, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Grace I. Metcalfe.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
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Photo of George Andrew Metcalfe
From an official group portrait of the officers of the 1st Canadian Battalion (Western Ontario) taken at Bustard Camp, Salisbury Plain in December 1914. -
Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 21 June 1915. -
Roll of Honour
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable." -
Newspaper Clipping
The Globe Toronto Wednesday October 13 1915 -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of GEORGE ANDREW METCALFE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Andrew Metcalfe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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