S/152637 Lance Sergeant Kenneth John Metcalfe
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
Born on: 01 Jan 1916
Died on: 18 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 28
Buried at: Buried
in Rhenen General Cemetery 27.B.11.
Rest in Peace Lance Sergeant Metcalfe:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of John
and Kathleen Metcalfe; husband of Violet Helena May Metcalfe, of Pauls Grove, Hampshire.
He was killed aboard Dakota 42-93001.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.