Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats
William Metcalf
Merchant Navy. British
Born | 1924 | Sunderland | |
Died | 15 Jan 1942 | (18) |
Roster information listed for William Metcalf
Ship | Type | Rank / role | Attacked on | Boat | |
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Diala | Motor tanker | Apprentice | 15 Jan 1942 (+) | U-553 (1) |
Personal information
Son of William Henry and Janet Metcalf, of Grindon, Sunderland, Co. Durham. His brother John Callum was lost when Rowanbank was bombed and sunk by German aircraft on 31 January 1941 and his brother Ernest Gordon perished in the sinking of Silverbeech in March 1943.