Name
James
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/07/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
C/1534
King's Royal Rifle Corps
16th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 101 and 102.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Leonard's Church Lychgate, Sandridge,
Ind plaque on pew, St Leonard's Lychgate, Sandridge
Pre War
Born 1897 and baptised 23 Jan 1898, the son of George and Sarah Jane Matthews.
Census: 1901 Census living at Sandridge with parents and siblings and 1911 Census Living at Sandridge with parents and siblings.
Additional Information
Back pay and gratuities of £5 3s 4d paid to mother.
James is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Sandridge (St. Leonard) Churchyard. His part of the inscription reads:
In Loving Memory of
OUR (George and Sarah Jane Matthews) DEAR SON
JAMES MATTHEWS KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. WHO WAS KILLED IN FRANCE, JULT 2ND 1916. AGED 18 YEARS(*1)
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY.
AT REST IN PEACE
*1 CWGC records him as 19.
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams
