Person    | Male  Died 3/5/1915

Percy Alexander James Matthews

Countries: Belgium

War dead, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

Percy Alexander James Matthews

Rifleman. Number 601 of the London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Died in action at the age of 20. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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