The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Matthews

Private William MATTHEWS, 4252, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed action, death presumed on or after, 25th March 1918.

Born Nottingham.

27th April 1912, Neath Register Office, married Catherine Louisa Maud Walters, spinster.

Children - Sarah Jennie Matthews, born 20th March 1912, Grant Grove; Herbert James Matthews, born 1st September 1913, Grants Grove; Gwynfoyn ? Matthews, born 30th August 1914,

Enlisted Neath, Glamorganshire, age 29?years & 10 months, height 5ft 4½ inches, 9st 4lbs, sallow complexion, brown eyes, grey brown hair. Formerly ship breaker?

Home 3rd November 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 25th March 1918.

3rd November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th November 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1915, absent from Parade, 10 days Field Punishment No.2; 9th March 1916,15 Casualty Clearing Station, conjunctivitis; 22nd March 1916, from Hospital; 15th July 1916, In the Field, Trial, drunkenness when on active service, guilty, 28 days Field Punishment No.2.; 25th December 1916, wounded; 16th January 1917, to Duty; 9th July 1917, transferred to 224th Divisional Employment Company, Labour Corps, Service No.223122; 25th March 1918, posted missing.

24th November 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 28/- a week payable to wife will cease.

25th November 1918, pension of 29/7 a week awarded to widow & three children.

23rd July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Catherine Louise Matthews, 3 Victoria Row, Grants? Grove?, Briton Ferry; Children - Sarah Jennie Matthews, 3 Victoria Row, Grants? Grove?, Briton Ferry; Herbert James Matthews, 3 Victoria Row, Grants? Grove?, Briton Ferry; Father, William Matthews, killed in France in 1918, lived in ???? Cottage, Grants? Grove?; Mother, Jane Matthews, 26 Tanner? Street, Charlton in Kent, London; Brothers - John Matthews, age around 24, 26 Tanner? Street, Charlton in Kent, London; Herbert Matthews, age around 17, 26 Tanner? Street, Charlton in Kent, London; Sisters - Kitty Matthews, age around 30, 26 Tanner? Street, Charlton in Kent, London.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 94, France.

NOTE: not included in Regimental History or Soldiers Died in the Great War; but shown on CWGC web site.

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