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Second Lieutenant WILLIE CECIL BLAIRE MATTHEWS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

VI. C. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Adopted son of William and Annie Matthews, of Gawthorpe Lodge, Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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