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Private GEORGE WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Service Number: 20937
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. C. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Matthews, of Great Hockham, Norfolk, and the late Emma Matthews; husband of Edith May Matthews, of 33, Martin's Rd., Shortlands, Bromley, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY IS EVER SWEET
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Buried or commemorated at

FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 253
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