Name
James Matthews
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
NA
UK & Other Memorials
St Leonard's Church Lychgate, Sandridge,
Ind. Plaque on Pew, St Leonard's Church, Sandridge,
Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans,
Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans
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, JULY 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
