Private 68409 John William MATTHEWS

Private 68409 John William Matthews{gallery}Pte J W Matthews{/gallery}2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment)
Killed in action in Second Battle of Passchendaele, France and Flanders, 26th October 1917, aged 19

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 28 to 30, 162, 162A and 163A
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John and Catherine Amelia Matthews
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Chilvers Coton All Saints | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Matthews
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Royal Fusiliers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1898 at Kilsby, Northants
  
• Lived at in Kilsby [1901]
• Lived at 65 Coton Road, Nuneaton [1911]
• Lived in Bermondsey [1916 – Soldiers Who Died in the Great War]
  
• John was a schoolboy in 1911
• Enlisted at Birmingham.