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Private CECIL EDWARD MATTHEWS

Service Number: 5576113
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1942

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PURTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

East of church. Grave A.8.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Florence Matthews; husband of Florence Rosaline Matthews, of Purton.
  • Personal Inscription LEST WE FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

PURTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 8
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