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Gunner ERNEST EDWARD WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Service Number: L/14144
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

72nd. Bty.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 7.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Caroline Matthews, of Camberwell, London; husband of Emma Frances Matthews, of 32, Marsden Rd., East Dulwich, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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