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Serjeant ALFRED JAMES MATTHEWS

Service Number: 4920085
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1 st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

52. D. 2.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James John and Amy Louise Matthews; husband of Lilian Matthews, of Thurlaston, Warwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS WAS A LIFE NO YEARS CAN MEASURE, THE MEMORY OF HIM, OUR GREATEST TREASURE
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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