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Private W L MATTHEWS

Service Number: 14082
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

1st Bn

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

VI. A. 37.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 95th Trench Mortar Bty
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin James and Ada Kate Matthews, of 9, Norton Terrace, Climsland Rd., Paignton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED BY HIS MOTHER, FATHER SISTERS AND BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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