Metcalfe Close (1893) was born at Gunnerside, Richmond, the son of Ralph Metcalfe and Elizabeth Hannah Close (1870).
He joined the 12th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the first World War as a gunner. Service number: 162445
Enlisted at Richmond, as it appears he was working at Browson Bank at the time.
His battalion was sent to fight in Palestine where he contracted Malaria and died 14/06/1918.
He is buried in Gaza War Cemetery which is still in the war zone. Grave reference: XXXII. D. 6.
His name appears in the Roll of Honour at the Church of St Peter and St Felix, Kirby Hill, Yorkshire. The inscription reads:
This tablet erected in grateful memory of the men of this Parish who have fallen in the great war 1914 – 1918.
Metcalfe Close
“Their name liveth for ever more”
And now for a bit of housekeeping
See the wood and the trees
We publish everything we have in our fabulous trees, so basically if you can’t find it, we don’t have it. With over 20,000 people, 5,000 families, 12,000 sources, and 69,000 image references currently sat in our database, you’ll appreciate the amount of work that has gone into this over the years.
You can see more in the Close Ancestry Trees.
Donations
We know that everyone in the world is after your hard-earned cash, but if you do feel a donation coming on as a result of your visit here, then please feel free to send it our way. It all goes towards the upkeep of the site, for which we charge absolutely nothing. So, please help us to keep the site free to use. Thanks.
Contacting us
If you find anything that you think may be of interest to us, then drop us an email at stuff@closeancestry.com
Get these updates directly to your inbox
All our updates are also published to my Twitter feed, @PoetClose. So, you can follow me there … if you really have nothing better to do.