We remember Bertie Harry Matthews

We remember Bertie Harry Matthews

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Timeline

Timeline

1882
sibling Sarah J. Matthews Source:8806626 1882
1884
sibling Elizabeth H. Matthews Source:8806626 1884
1889
sibling Agnes M. Matthews Source:8806626 1889
1891
sibling Charles E. Matthews Source:8806626 1891
1893
sibling William J. Matthews Source:8806626 1893
1895
birth Trumpington, Cambridge United Kingdom Source:7476585 Source:7734138 1895
1896
sibling Ellen Matthews Source:8806626 1896
1901
location Cambridge Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom parents address Source:8806626 1st April 1901
1911
employment House-boy (domestic) Trumpington, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:8806633 3rd April 1911
1911
location High Street, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom parents address Source:8806633 3rd April 1911
service British Army Acting Corporal 4664 Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:8806640
service British Army Acting Corporal 40291 Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8806640
service British Army Corporal 40291 Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:8806640
1917
death Killed in Action Belgium Source:7476585 Source:7734138 15th August 1917
burial Trumpington Parish Cemetery-Shelford Road Ypres (menin Gate) Memorial Non-War Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Trumpington, Cambridge West-Vlaanderen United Kingdom Belgium Panel 21 Source:7736163 Source:8806646

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Bertie Harry
Initials BH
Last Name Matthews
Source 7476585
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Cambridge Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom parents address known 1st April 1901
High Street, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom parents address known 3rd April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 4664 Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion Acting Corporal
British Army 40291 Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Acting Corporal
British Army 40291 Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ellis Matthews father
Elizabeth H. Matthews mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elizabeth H. Matthews sister 1884
Sarah J. Matthews sister 1882
Agnes M. Matthews sister 1889
Charles E. Matthews brother 1891
Ellen Matthews sister 1896
William J. Matthews brother 1893

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Records details of Lincolnshire Regiment Vic55717
Local History Group Website Vic55717
Birth record in Free BMD database Wendy54828
Census 1901 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 3, accessed via Ancestry Wendy54828
Census 1911 England, Cambridgeshire, Trumpington, District 20 Wendy54828
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Wendy54828
UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 Wendy54828
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Wendy54828

Multimedia

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Memorial to Bertie Harry Matthews Vic55717
Corporal B. H. Matthews Wendy54828
B. H. Matthews, Memorial, Trumpington Wendy54828
Trumpington War Memorial Wendy54828
War Memorial, St George's Chapel, Ely Cathedral Wendy54828
Trumpington Free Church War Memorial Wendy54828
Bertie Harry Matthews Adrian149697
Bertie Harry with brothers and mother c1911/12 Adrian149697
Medal Index Card Adrian149697
Medal roll entry Adrian149697
Register of Soldiers Effects entry Adrian149697
Menin Gate panel location Adrian149697
Battalion War Diary extract Adrian149697
Battalion War Diary extract 16/8/1917 Adrian149697
Trench map extract Adrian149697

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