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Lance Corporal MATTHEW GREELEY

Service Number: 1574
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART

H. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Jabez and Sarah Greeley, of Portugal Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland; husband of Sadie Greeley, of 46, Carmtyne Terrace, Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 548
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