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Captain WILLIAM HENRY MATTHEWS

Service Number: 168685
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

61 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. E. 24.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William Carpenter Matthews and Alice Maud Matthews, of Kenton, Middlesex. Head Prefect and School Captain of Willesden Technical College. Schools Boxing Championship, 1933.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON WE WILL REMEMBER HIM WITH PRIDE AND AFFECTION
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