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Private DESMOND GEORGE MATTHEWS

Service Number: 5445149
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PENZANCE (PAUL) CEMETERY

Enlarged Uncons. Grave 1.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Mary Matthews, of Newlyn.
  • Personal Inscription GONE TO HIGHER SERVICE
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Buried or commemorated at

PENZANCE (PAUL) CEMETERY
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 31
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