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Lance Corporal MATHEW ROBERT RUSSELL

Service Number: 7611329
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HONG KONG (HAPPY VALLEY) ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY

Sec. 5. 7635.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and A. Marcella Russell, of Pudsey, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH YOU DIED IN A LAND SO FAR AWAY, IN OUR THOUGHTS YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

HONG KONG (HAPPY VALLEY) ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 62
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