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Captain JOSEPH FREDRICK METCALF

Service Number: 268671
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IX. E. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Charles and Hannah Eliza Metcalf, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Winifred Metcalf, of Grimsby.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS TODAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OUR TOMORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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