James Charles Matthias

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

649014

Unit at enlistment:

20th Battalion

Force:

B.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 6th, 1918

Cemetery:

Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension - Somme, France - III.I.40.

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green

Address at enlistment:

123 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

353, Bethnal Green Road, London, England

Trade or calling:

Shoemaker

Employer:

Brandon Shoe Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

BC October 16, 1918

Word has just been received by Mr. E.B. Rowe, of 213 Chatham Street, of the death in action of his nephew, Signaller James Charles Matthias. Private Matthias, who had lived in Brantford for some time, was an employee of the Brandon Shoe Co. and was prominent in sporting circles, being a member of the S.O.E. football club, and connected with other sports. At the beginning of the war he at once returned to England in order to enlist with a brother who lived there. He had been through the campaign almost from the outset, having been once before wounded. He made many warm friends in this city who will grieve to hear of his death.