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Private ERNEST GEORGE MATTHEWS

Service Number: 139736
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

61st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CEMETERY, VENDEGIES-SUR-ECAILLON

A. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Louisa Matthews, of 41, Dale St., St. Paul'S, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription BRAVELY HE FOUGHT AND DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CEMETERY, VENDEGIES-SUR-ECAILLON
Nord France
Number of casualties: 79
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