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Private JOHN MATTHEWS

Service Number: 17498
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY

III. C. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthews, of Sidney House, Histon Rd., Cambridge; husband of Lily May Matthews, of Little Wilbraham, Cambs.
  • Personal Inscription GOD HATH TAKEN OUR LOVED ONE TO REST
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Buried or commemorated at

GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 942
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