Arthur Andrew Metcalfe came from Southampton, Hampshire.
He enlisted in the Royal Artillery (RA) and later served with 300th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA.
Gunner Metcalfe died on 3 March 1945, while stationed in Italy, aged 20 years and is now buried at Bari War Cemetery, Italy.
Headstone photograph courtesy of Bob Hilton.
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