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Private JOHN NAISBITT MATTHEWS

Service Number: 202954
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Obadiah and Ellen Matthews, of 9, 4th Cross Row, Chilton Lane, Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Native of Spennymoor, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription MIZPAH
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1951
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