MATTHEWS, Bertie Frank

Tyne Cot Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
5th Battalion
Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Bertie was born 1890 in Newport to Frank & Emma (nee LASMANN) MATTHEWS. In 1891 the family lived in Hearn Street, Carisbrooke & by 1901 Bertie was living at Swainston Stables in Calbourne.

Bertie, aged 27, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 19th of August 1917, & he is commemorated by the Commission on Panel 97A of the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing in Belgium together with nearly 40,000 of his First World War comrades who also remain unidentified, or have no known grave.

Bertie is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.