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Pte. Sidney Herbert Matthews
British Army 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Tredegar, South Wales
(d.9th May 1915)
Bert Matthews was my great grandfather. Although I never met him I feel I knew him very well. I have researched into my family tree and I have found plenty of information on him. He was born in Foxham Lock, Bremhill, Carne, Wiltshire in 3rd April 1885.
His father was Jacob Matthews and mother Elizabeth Thorne.
He married Jane St. Sinclair Anderson at the Tredegar Registrar Office on 27th October 1906. He was a coal miner at the time.
They had Elizabeth St. Clair, Ernest Cornelius, Kenneth Victor McDonald, Sidney Herbert Stanley, Wilhelmina J, and Barbara.
He first enlisted into the 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.
He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.