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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY MATTHEWS

Service Number: 306465
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

IV. C. 68.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Henry and Annie Matthews.
  • Personal Inscription THY PURPOSE LORD WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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