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Aircraftman 1St Class WILLIAM JAMES OWEN MATTHEWS

Service Number: 1121892
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1941

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY

Sec. U.U. Grave 844.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Emily Matthews; husband of Lily Amelia Matthews (nee underwood), of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVE HE LIVED IN PEACE HE DIED HIS LIFE WAS ASKED BUT GOD DENIED
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