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Private EDWARD WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Service Number: 5117122
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 January 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

1. A. 13.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Matthews, of Kingstanding, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription A HAPPY FACE, A HEART OF GOLD, DEAREST SON AND BROTHER. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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