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Lance Corporal EDWARD MATTHEWS

Service Number: 4694237
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

IV. D. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Mary Elizabeth Matthews, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME TO A SUDDEN END SO OUR MESSAGE OF LOVE TO HEAVEN WE SEND
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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