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Private GEORGE COLLIER MATTHEWS

Service Number: 488906
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 November 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS

IV. B. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Emanuel and Sarah May Matthews, of 6211, Flowerdale Avenue, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN JESUS BLESSED SLEEP FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKE TO WEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1240
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