METCALFE D
- Nation UK
- Unit 5TH ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS,R.A.C
- Service No. 22523457
- Rank LANCE CORPORAL
- Date of Death 04-Sep-52
- Location 31-9-12
- Grave No. 1512
Burial Story
It was during the 4th troops stay on point 159 that the troop suffered the loss of four members when by a freak chance a shell entered the turret of a tank and all four crew members were killed. This was despite the fact that the tank was in a specially constructed bunker with overhead protection, hence the freak one in a million chance of any projectile entering the tank which in normal circumstances would have been closed down with all its hatches closed. The four crew members were Sgt Wykes N.E.; L/Cpl Metcalfe D; Tpr McFadyen P; Tpr Cahill J.P; KIA 4th September 1952.
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