E53 AMBROSE ASHLEY MATTHEWS (2)

E053 Ambrose Ashley MATTHEWS. Sapper 9820, Royal Engineers. Enlisted 15 December 1914 occupation prior to enlistment, engine driver. Died 15th December 1914 aged 36 years in the Military Hospital at Cottonera, Malta. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Matthews of Shanklin, Isle of Wight. His father was granted a war gratuity 22 February 1915 revised 31 July 1919.
Originally interred in Rinella Military Cemetery re-interred in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta in 1978.

At rest in Capuccini (Kalkara) Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot E Grave 53