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Private HARRY PYKE MATTHEWS

Service Number: 1415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

"D" Coy. 7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. G. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, of Calf Hey, Denshaw, Delph, Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription THE MIDNIGHT STARS SHINE O'ER HIS GRAVE OF ONE WE LOVED AND COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 963
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