BORN SOUTH SHIELDS, 1896. HE WAS THE SON OF MARGARET POWER.
HE LIVED IN HULL. WORKED 14 MONTHS, AS A CARPENTER’S ASSISTANT AT THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY’S ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT. ENLISTED HULL, SEPTEMBER 1914. JOINED THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRES (2ND HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EYR. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 21. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 1917.
First name:
MATTHEW
Regiment:
Military Number:
11/378
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
12/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
