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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Edgar Keith Spinney Matthews
Rank:
Private First Class,
Service:
United States Army
Regiment:
“C” Company 19th Brigade,
New York National Guard, Albany/
106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division “M” Company
Date of Birth:
February 1, 1895
Date of Enlistment:
May 1917
Place of Enlistment:
Albany, New York
Age at Enlistment:
21
Martial Status:
Married
Edgar Mathews was the son of Albert L. Mathews,
Darlings Lake, Yarmouth Co., N.S. He had one brother
Albert, who lived in Chicago, US. His father was a US
citizen and a veteran of the US Civil War.
Edgar was married with one daughter.
He was employed in the United States and enlisted in May 1917, transferring to the regular army
in August 1917. In April 1918 he left Camp Wadsworth near Spartanburg, North Carolina, for
France.
He was killed in action on the Hindenburg Line on September 26, 1918.
Date of Death:
September 26, 1918 (Hindenburg Line)
Age at Death:
23
Cemetery:
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France;
Reference:
Plot B Row 5 Grave 6
Sources:
American Battle Monuments Commission
Somme American Cemetery
Information:
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston; 1989 (p 237)
Edgar Keith S. Matthews