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Private W A MATTHEWS

Service Number: TR/6/53919
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

53rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY

H. "U." 659.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Matthews, of 65, Rowan St., Newfound Pool, Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription NOT MY WILL BUT THINE O LORD HE ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 347
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