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Alfred James Matthews

In memory of:

Lieutenant Alfred James Matthews

June 13, 1917

Military Service


Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information


Born:

February 2, 1894
Basingstoke, Hants, England

Son of Mary Smith of Beechers Cottage, Worting, Basingstoke, Hants.

Commemorated on Page 292 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XVII. B. 22.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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