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Private JOHN WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Service Number: M2/156200
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Service Corps

4th Anti-Aircraft Workshops M.T.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BOCAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

E. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Matthews, of Elson, Ellesmere, Salop.
  • Personal Inscription NOT DEAD TO THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BOCAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 62
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