H.+W.+MATTHEWS

Matthews, Horace Walter, Private, 30935, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers Formerly 30937, Royal Engineers Tunnelling Companies Born Ripley, Derby Enlisted Ripley, Derby Resided Ripley, Derby Died of wounds 6th October 1917

Aged 26 Son of William and Pamela Matthews, of Pease Hill Rd., Ripley, Derby. Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, I, L, 54

1911 Census: Horace Walter Matthews was a 19 year old colliery labourer, and he was residing at Peas Hill Road, Ripley. He was the son of William, gardener, and Pamela.