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Private EDWARD MATTHEWS

Service Number: 3716196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Date of Death

Died 07 March 1945

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY

Sec. N. Grave 123.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Annie Matthews; husband of Bertha Matthews, of Salford.
  • Personal Inscription LEAVES MAY WITHER ROSES MAY DIE SOME MAY FORGET YOU BUT NEVER I
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Buried or commemorated at

SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 379
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