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Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Private Frank Mathews. Born on the 19^th November 1884 in Chelsea, the son of John Charles and Ellen Mathews, née Miller. His father was a Railway Signalman. On the 5^th December 1889 he, together with an older brother - John William Mathews, was baptised at the Christ Church Mission, College Park, Kensal Green. The family were living at this time at 6 Station Road, Willesden. The 1891 census shows the family living at 6 Chamberlain Terrace, Station Road, Willesden. In addition to his parents he was living with five brothers, Frederick, aged 15; George, aged 14; Charles, aged 12; John William, aged 9; Richard Montague, aged 2 and three sisters, Edith, aged 17; Louisa, aged 10 and Ethel G aged 4. The 1901 census shows the family living at 6 Chamberlayne Wood Road, Willesden and his occupation was given as Lamp Shade Maker. In April 1911 he was appointed as a Postman in Battersea and the census of that year shows he was boarding with a family called Stoner at 102 Russell Road, Wimbledon. In February 1912 he was appointed as a Porter at the London Western District Office. At some point he joined the army, enlisting in Newbury, Berkshire and it was as a soldier he married Lillian Gertrude Edgell at St. Matthew’s Church in Willesden on the 13^th June 1917. His address was shown as 26 Bellevue Road, Ealing and she was living at 7d Brownlow Road, Willesden. It was whilst he was serving in the 1^st Battalion of The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regiment, service number 7605, that he was Killed in Action, aged 33 years, on the 26^th March 1918 and as he has no known grave he is commemorated on Bay 7 of The Arras Memorial, France. On the 12^th June 1918 his widow, who was living at 42 Westover Road, Harlesden, was given his back pay and effects amounting to £29-2s-11d and on the 19^th July 1919 she was given a £17-0s-0d War Gratuity. He was posthumously awarded The British War Medal, 1914-1918 and The Victory Medal.

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