5914 Private J Metcalf, 2nd Battalion the (King's) Shropshire Light Infantry. The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War on 7 Nov 1899. After their arrival they were employed for two months on the lines of communication in Western Cape Colony. They were then put into the 19th Brigade under Major General Smith-Dorrien and were part of the main army advance from the Modder River to Bloemfontein. They fought in the Battle of Paardeberg (18-27 Feb 1900). Private Metcalf was killed in action on 18 Feb 1900, the first day of the battle. He was buried on the battlefield. He is also commemorated on the King's Shropshire Light Infantry Boer War memorial in St Chad's Terrace, The Quarry, Shrewsbury, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/165927).
5914 Private J Metcalf, 2nd Battalion the (King's) Shropshire Light Infantry. The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War on 7 Nov 1899. After their arrival they were employed for two months on the lines of communication in Western Cape Colony. They were then put into the 19th Brigade under Major General Smith-Dorrien and were part of the main army advance from the Modder River to Bloemfontein. They fought in the Battle of Paardeberg (18-27 Feb 1900). Private Metcalf was killed in action on 18 Feb 1900, the first day of the battle. He was buried on the battlefield. He is also commemorated on the King's Shropshire Light Infantry Boer War memorial in St Chad's Terrace, The Quarry, Shrewsbury, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/165927).
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