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Lance Serjeant CHARLES EDWARD MATTHEWS

Service Number: 858241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

5. C. 11.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter William and Beatrice Matthews; husband of Vera Florence Matthews, of Palmers Green, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription HAPPY SMILING, ALWAYS CONTENT, LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT

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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1773
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