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Name: Matthew STEWART
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: M Service No.: 252554
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Age at Death: 31
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: 2
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: No
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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