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Private R MATTHEWSON

Service Number: 27/489
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

27th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT

II. K. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane Matthewson, Dunn's Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of J. Shortt (formerly Matthewson), of 3, Byker Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING & COUNTRY HE DID HIS BEST MAY GOD GIVE HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 410
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