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28 Punjabis

Murray Chamberlain Gervase Mathew

† 04/07/1915 · aged 27 · Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Q. 479, Egypt

Personal data

NameMathew
InitialsM.C.G.
Christian nameMurray Chamberlain Gervase
FamilySon of Gervase Frederick Mathew, (Paymaster-in-Chief, Royal Navy), and Frances Sarah Mathew, of Lee House, Dovercourt, Essex.

Military data

Regiment / Unit28 Punjabis
Date of death
Age27
Cemetery / MemorialAlexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Q. 479, Egypt

Other information

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Mentioned in Despatches
Information 2
Secondary unit: attd. 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
Information 3
Died of wounds
Information 4
'The Murray Mathew and Helen Mathew Lamp' - Colombo (Ceylon - Sri Lanka) Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1927. First lit on 03.12.1927 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Murray Chamberlain Gervase Mathew, Lt., 28th Punjabis (attached 14th Sikhs). Died of wounds received in the Dardanelles 4.7.1915; And of Helen Marjorie Mathew, Sister, T.F. Nursing Service, who died 16.7.1923 of the effects of illness contracted on active service" (Donated by their mother)

Sources

Register
Liber Vitae 1928