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Name:

Matthew Martin TWIZELL

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

M M

Service No.:

45839

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandria, Princess of Wales's Own).

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

9 Stella Bank, Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Thursday 29th November 1917

Place of Death:

France

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham. St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, Roll of Honour, Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos, France.

Buried:

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Son of Matthew and Susannah Twizell.

Notes :

Sources Used:

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

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