Name
Charles William Matthews
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/07/1918
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Leading Stoker
8558
Royal Australian Navy
H.M.A.S. “Sydney”
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HERTINGFORDBURY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertingfordbury Village Memorial, Church of St Mary and St John Church Roll of Honour, Hertingfordbury, Bitch Green School Memorial, We are not aware of any Cole Green memorial
Pre War
Born in 2 Cole Green, Hertingfordbury on 11 Jan 1889 (poss 1890) son of Joseph and Rose Matthews and christened on 1 May 1889 in Bishops Stortford, Herts. Charles was a Farm Labourer when he enlisted on 4th April, 1910 with the Royal Navy for a period of 12 years.
Wartime Service
Charles William Matthews was on loan from Royal Navy to the Royal Australian Navy on 8th December, 1917 for a period of 3 years. His service number was 8558.
Additional Information
SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LINK
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Cathy Sedgwick
