Robert was killed on July 1st at The Battle of the Somme. He served with The Northumberland Fusiliers Tyneside Irish Brigade and is buried a...
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R Matthewson
Private
Service No. 27/489
Age 35
Died on 1 July 1916
Northumberland Fusiliers
BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT
Somme, France
Son of Mary Jane Matthewson, Dunn's Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of J. Shortt (formerly Matthewson), of 3, Byker Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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We will remember you. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.
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May you live in our hearts forever.
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To remember the fallen at The Battle of the Somme
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Robert left behind, Meggy, his wife, and four very young daughters: Molly, Belle, Agnes and Elizabeth my mother. So many lives lost and so...
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