Name
Owen Matthews
1885
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/11/1916
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
5881
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
4 Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 12 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
4 Co' Hertfordshire Reg' Territorials’ Memorial, Hitchin, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour (Book), Hitchin, Kimpton Village Memorial, St Peter & St Paul Church, Kimpton, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Wartime Service
Additional Information
After his death £2 7s 9d was authorised to go to his widow, Emma Elizabeth Matthews, on 23 March 1917. Later, a war gratuity of £3 was authorised to be paid to her on 29 October 1919.
His pension cards record his widow, as his dependant, living at The Green, Kimpton, nr Welwyn, Herts. She was awarded a pension of 13s 9d a week from 4 June 1917.
In November 1916 the newspaper reporting Owen’s death mentioned that his brother Frank had been severely wounded in the face.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, Adrian Pitts, David C Baines, Jonty Wild