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Lance Corporal JAMES MATTHEW

Service Number: 240237
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

XXVI. A. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George Matthew, of 1, Kirk Lane, Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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