Other Information:Frank graduated M.B., B.S. at Durham University in June 1914. During his college days he was good at all field sports and was the heavy-weight champion boxer. He joined the R.A.M.C. (T.F.) 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance, with the rank of Lieutenant, in August the same year. He went to France with his unit, entering the war on 14th April 1915, and remained there until he was invalided home in September 1916, with myelogenous leukemia, but under the treatment in the 1st Northern General Hospital , he made a seemingly marvelous recovery. He was posted to Catterick in April 1917, and at his own request went back to France in August. Frank went through the March 1918 retreat, which caused his health to break down completely. This time he did not react to treatment, and death occurred after a period of severe dyspnoea in the Framlington House Hospital for Officers, Newcatle-upon-Tyne. He was the only son of Francis and Elizabeth Metcalfe of 109 Brighton Grove, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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