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Corporal NORMAN LESLIE MATTHEWS

Service Number: 2131586
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

583 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1944

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

IV. B. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Alice Matthews, of Gilmorton, Leicestershire; husband of Clarice Matthews, of Gilmorton.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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