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Drummer CHARLES WILLIAM MATKIN

Service Number: 721686
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Willson Matkin and Agnes Matkin, of 29, Doddington Grove, Kennington, London. Native of Southwark, London.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S FINGER TOUCHED HIM AND HE SLEPT
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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