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Sapper WILLIAM MATTHEW

Service Number: 406032
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

51st Div. Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. A. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Matthew, of 187, Forest Avenue, Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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