Brigadier General GODFREY ESTCOURT MATTHEWS
Regiment & Unit/Ship
General Staff
Cdg. 198th Infantry Brigade
Date of Death
Died 13 April 1917
Age 50 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment late Royal Marine Light Infantry
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Companion of the Bath, Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Order of the Medjidie 3rd Class, Osmanieh 3rd Class and Medjidie 2nd Class (Turkey). Son of Charles James and Mary Frances Matthews, of Bath; husband of Mary F. Matthews, of Windmill, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington. Seconded for service with Egyptian Army, 1897. Governor of the Upper Nile, 1903-1909. Commandant of Khartoum District, 1910-1913.
- Personal Inscription HE THAT SHALL ENDURE UNTO THE END THE SAME SHALL BE SAVED
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