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Corporal EDGAR JOSEPH MATHEW

Service Number: 51741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY

II. J. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Mathew, of 16, Barker St., Oldham; husband of Ruth Mathew, of 303, Featherstall Rd. North, Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription OH FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND
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Buried or commemorated at

QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 740
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