Name
Herbert George Matthews
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/09/1918
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
208673
Royal Garrison Artillery
37th Siege Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
I. AA. 2.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born on 15 Nov 1882 in Ponder’s End, Middlesex and baptised on 28 Jan 1883 in Enfield son of James Thomas and Gertrude Matthews and was living in West Hill Cottage, Hoddesdon in 1911. He was a house painter. He married Edith Mary Matthews and they lived in 31 Hertford Road, Hoddesdon.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hoddesdon and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Brother of Leading Seaman Frank Richardson Matthews who was killed on 15 Aug 1916 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
