Private Alphonso (Alfred) Matthews

Army Number : 31598
Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of Raphael and Nancy Matthews, of 78, Hewitt Street, Nottingham. He enlisted October 1915 at Nottingham. He died of wounds 12th June 1917, aged 21, at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station.
Buried : Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Plot 3. Row C. Grave 25.

Private Alphonso Matthews is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Bartholomew’s Church Roll of Honour (Nottinghamshire Archives), Nottingham.
