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Military service
Service number:
775828
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
January 28, 1895
Death:
April 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Makhews of Caledon East, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Lawrence Matthews
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Photo of Lawrence Mathews
Caption (pg. 377): Soldiers of Peel Who Lost Their Lives During the Great War. Author - William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
"KILLED IN ACTION" Whilst in the trenches South West of Vimy, he was killed by enemy shell fire. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Matthews
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 292 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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