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Sapper H J MATTHEWS

Service Number: 23669
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

5th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XIII. D. 20.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Mary Matthews, of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE HE WAS LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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