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Private MATTHEW IRVING

Service Number: 28905
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Irving. Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER TILL LIFE OR MEMORY PERISH CAN I FORGET HOW DEAR THOU ART TO ME
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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