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Leading Seaman WILLIAM G. MATTHEWS

Service Number: D/JX 139978
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Hunter.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BALLANGEN NEW CEMETERY

British Plot IV. C. 11.

Norway

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hubert G. and Lilian B. Matthews, of Plymouth.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SWEET TO REMEMBER A SON SO DEAR THOUGH ABSENT FROM US HE IS ALWAYS NEAR
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