MATTHEWS Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    MATTHEWS
  • Service Number:
    200139
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave V. F. 20.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Stourport, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John Albert and Ellen Matthews, 7 Tan Lane, Stourport

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MATTHEWS Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Stourport High School formerly in Stourport Boys School
Stourport Loyal Stanley Baldwin Lodge of Oddfellows
Stourport War Memorial
Stourport Wesleyan Methodist Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourport War Memorial with the information: Pte.

Further Information About MATTHEWS Harry

Private H. Matthews of Parkes Passage, 1660, C Company, 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment is listed in “Stourport Men and the War” – a list of men serving, Kidderminster Shuttle, 19th December 1914.

Private H. Matthews, 1660, No 4 Section, C Company, 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, Serving with H.M. Forces: Kidderminster Shuttle, 7th November 1914.

Henry Matthews was the son of John Albert and Ellen Matthews of 6, Parkes Passage, Stourport.  Formerly in the employ of Miss Purser of the High Street Henry had been a member of the Territorials for four years before the war and had volunteered for the front at the beginning of hostilities.  He spent six months in the trenches and was a witness of the sad death of Reginald Jones.  He was struck by a piece of shell and died soon after his arrival at hospital.

Sources for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle 28th April 1917 and Kidderminster Times 28th April 1917, reported with photo.

On April 13th the 1st/7th Worcesters captured the ridge which runs Southwards from Le Sart Farm to Malakoff Farm, South of Gouzeaucourt.  The action cost 6 killed and 30 wounded.

An obituary for Henry Matthews appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for May 1917.

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