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Corporal MATTHEW HIRST

Service Number: 95102
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

III. C. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Jane Hirst, of 29, West View, Normanton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P. FROM MOTHER AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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