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Private WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Service Number: 3213
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 68.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Youngest son of William and Evelyn Matthews, of 54, Reads Road, Blackpool.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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