Metcalf Islands

Metcalf Islands (50˚17'00" 125˚22'00" W end of Okisollo Channel, between Quadra I and Sonora I, NW of Campbell R). Lance Cpl William Henry Metcalf, VC, MM (1894–1968), was born in Maine but fought in WWI as a member of the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was awarded his VC for an action at Arras, France, in 1918 when, under intense fire, he led a tank to destroy an enemy machine-gun strongpoint, eliminating a crucial impediment to the advance of...

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