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Sergeant ERNEST WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Service Number: 2221540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

227 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 1. J. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Ernest and Mary Matthews; husband of Audrey Fairfield Matthews (nee Smith), of Bournemouth, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription OUT OF THE STRESS OF THE DOING INTO THE PEACE OF THE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle France
Number of casualties: 803
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