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Rifleman WILLIAM SAMUEL MATTHEWS

Service Number: 4783
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

VII. C. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Matthews, of 7, Birstall Rd., South Tottenham, London; husband of Mrs. M. Matthews.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY CALLS OUR ABSENT ONES TO MIND
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5571
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