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Name:

Matthew STEWART

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

252554

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Age at Death:

Unit:

1st/9th Bn Durham Light Infantry (Territorial Force)

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Gateshead, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

64 Low Row, Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Place of Death:

France

Battle/Campaign:

Pioneer Bn, 62nd Division, XXII Corps, Fifth French Army. Battles of the Marne, 1918. Battle of Tardenois, 20th-31st July 1918.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Courmas British Cemetery, France. II.1.10

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Son of George and Margaret Jane Stewart, of 64 Low Row, Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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