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Sapper ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Service Number: 1382
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

445th (4th/1st Cheshire) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice C. Matthews and the late Thomas W. Matthews, of 124, Salisbury Rd., Anfield, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 115
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