The story
Joseph Fredrick J F Metcalf, Captain served with Lincolnshire Regiment.
Service number: '268671'. Date of death: 1944-08-18. Age: 29. Country: France.
Buried at Ranville War Cemetery, grave reference IX. E. 20..
SON OF WILLIAM CHARLES AND HANNAH ELIZA METCALF, OF GRIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE; HUSBAND OF WINIFRED METCALF, OF GRIMSBY.
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