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Military service
Service number:
761058
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
October 23, 1890
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mrs. M. Matthews; husband of Ellen E. Waybourne (formerly Matthews), of Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Matthews
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Memorial at Menin Gate
Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium recognizing Edward Matthews. Approx. GPS location: N 50 51 07, E 02 53 26. Photo courtesy of Abby Chan -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Matthews
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Matthews
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 292 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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