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Private W D MATSON

Service Number: 21877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 March 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

V. B. 29.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Matson, of Brotton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription PSALM CVI O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD FOR HE IS GRACIOUS AND HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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