Robert Arthur Cecil Mathews (buried 1916)

At a glance group

At a glance

Birth

Address at birth:

Great Warley, Essex

Death

Age (at time of death):

Place of burial:

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, France

The story

Robert Arthur Cecil Mathews was the son of John Herbert Mathews and his wife Lydia Edith Wauchope. He was born at Great Warley Rectory in Essex.

He was educated at Worthing and Lancing College and this is his obituary Lancing College War Memorial.

A Company, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment

Date of birth: 14th August 1896 Date of death: 18th October 1916

Killed in action aged 20 Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 6C

Burial researcher:

Pat Brownbill