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Sergeant SIDNEY MATTHEWS

Service Number: 1597703
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

550 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOLME-UPON-SPALDING MOOR (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

Sec. A. Grave 35.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Gertrude Matthews, of Holme on Spalding Moor.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE WAS SHORT BUT HIS DUTY WAS WELL DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOLME-UPON-SPALDING MOOR (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 15
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