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Corporal MATTHEW WHELAN

Service Number: 26/1297
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

26th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Anastasia Whelan. Native of Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
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Buried or commemorated at

HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 312
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