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Serjeant WILLIAM CHARLES MATTHEWS

Service Number: 12430
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY

Z3. 8885.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Matthews, of 32, Eridge Rd., Thornton Heath; husband of Bridget Theresa Matthews.
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Buried or commemorated at

CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 351
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