To a soldier of the great war. I do not know you but I would have liked to have known you. You were a brother in arms with my paternal gran...
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Godfrey Estcourt Matthews
Brigadier General
Service No. Unknown
Age 50
Died on 13 April 1917
General Staff
BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
Order of the Medjidie 3rd Class, Osmanieh 3rd Class and Medjidie 2nd Class (Turkey). Son of Charles James and Mary Frances Matthews, of Bath; husband of Mary F. Matthews, of Windmill, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington. Seconded for service with Egyptian Army, 1897. Governor of the Upper Nile, 1903-1909. Commandant of Khartoum District, 1910-1913.
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Thank you to all who lost their lives to save our countries. You will always be remembered.
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