MATTHEWS, Arthur Sydney

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, GermanyCredit: Unknown

Private
1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry
City of Glasgow Regiment

Arthur was born 1925 in Newport to William Henry & Florence May (nee MORRIS) MATTHEWS of Shide Road in Newport.

Arthur, aged 20, died whilst a Prisoner of War of the Germans on the 5th of March 1945. His cause of death is unknown. He was originally buried in Issum, Germany but his body was exhumed by the 82nd Graves Concentration Unit & reburied at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany on the 10th of December 1946.

Arthur is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

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.