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Corporal LEWIS ALBERT MATKIN

Service Number: 43678
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

139th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY

L. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elsie Matkin, of 12, Siddalls St., Winshill, Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED IN LIFE TO BE FORGOTTEN EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 822
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