Edwin Herbert Euston Matthews

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772600

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Fleetwood

Address at enlistment:

110 St. George Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

110 St. George Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Blacksmith

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX September 9, 1918

Private Edwin Herbert Euston Matthews is another Brantford soldier to receive a wound in the arm. He had been in the 2nd Stationary hospital, Abbeville with a gunshot wound in the right arm, since August 31. Mrs. Matthews received the message of her husband today. The soldier was an Englishman who had served 12 years in the Royal Navy. He had also been in the 38th Battalion for five years. He was a blacksmith in the city and was widely known. He left with the boys of the 125th.