858241 Lance Sergeant Charles Edward Matthews
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
Born on: 23 Sep 1919
Died on: 21 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 24
Buried at: First buried along the
Hoofdlaan (Oosterbeek), now Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
5.C.11.
Rest in Peace Lance Sergeant Matthews:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of
Walter William and Beatrice Matthews; husband of Vera Florence Matthews, of Palmers Green, Middlesex.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.