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Private WILLIAM HENRY MATTHEWS

Service Number: 5623683
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 February 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY

6. L. 21.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Matthews; husband of Janie May Matthews, of Islington, London.
  • Personal Inscription GOD SAW HIS FOOTSTEPS FALTER AND GAVE HIS LOVED ONE SLEEP

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Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1603
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