William Matthews

Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate

Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry

Rank and number: Private 17484

Home address: Yate, Bristol

Pre-war occupation: (possible miner)

Date of death: 18/08/1916

Buried/Commemorated at: Thiepval Memorial (Pier and fAce 2A), France

Further information:

William Matthews was from Yate. He enlisted in Tonypandy in Glamorganshire. He joined the 6th Battalion of the Prince Albert’s Regiment (Somerset Light Infantry). He was Killed in Action in the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. He is buried in Thiepval in France

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Yate and District Heritage Centre