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Private MATTHEW WILLIAM LONG

Service Number: 28874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Herefordshire Regiment

1st/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXXV. A. 54.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Long, of Kingsholm, Gloucester; husband of Louisa Maud Long, of 39, Henry Rd., Gloucester.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S FINGER TOUCHED HIM AND HE SLEPT
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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