Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Memorial Plaque to Second Lieutenant J. S. Metcalfe, 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, late 10th (First Gwent) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action on 17 January 1917

Memorial Plaque (Joseph Stephen Metcalfe) very fine £120-£160

Joseph Stephen Metcalfe was born at Healey, Yorkshire in 1892, and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the 10th (First Gwent) Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Advanced Sergeant, he served with the Battalion on the Western Front from 4 December 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment on 4 September 1916. He was killed in action on 17 January 1917, with some references indicate that he was attached to the London Regiment at the time. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

Sold with copied research including a group photograph of the Sergeants and Warrant Officers of 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, including Sergeant Metcalfe.