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Private E G MATTHEWS

Service Number: 49778
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XIX. B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Kate Matthews, of 2, Lower Shirburn Rd., Upton, Torquay. Born at Torquay.
  • Personal Inscription AN UNSELFISH LIFE GIVEN FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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