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Private GEORGE MATTHEWS

Service Number: 41505
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY

I. R.C. 485.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Rachel Matthews; husband of Sarah Ellen Matthews, of 63, Byrom St., Poolstock, Wigan.
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Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 191
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