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Gunner Matthew Freeman
British Army 32nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Jarrow
(d.23rd Jul 1916)
Matthew Freeman, was born and lived in Jarrow, he enlisted at North Shields and served with 32nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, which was attached to 45th Brigade and landed in France during October 1915. It consisted of 6 x 6 inch Howitzers. Mathew was killed in action aged 27 on the 23rd July 1916. He is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery Maricourt and is remembered on the Triptych in St. Pal's Church Jarrow.