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• Name MATTHEWS
• Initials FJ
• First name FREDRICK JOHN
• Place of birth Egloshayle
• Country Cornwall, England
• Family Son of William Prior Matthews and Mary Elizabeth Matthews, of Tower Hill, Egloshayle, Wadebridge, Cornwall; 8 children.
• Extra info Church bell ringer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Wadebridge, Cornwall
• Service number 28735
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Regiment and unit 6th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
• Division - Brigade 43rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 14th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Formerly 1386, W. Som. Yeo

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds on chin, head, neck, leg, side penetrated in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 23 August 1917
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVIII - D - 9A

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