Clement Henry Matthews (1889 – 15 August 1915) was an English professional
footballer
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who played in the
Southern Football League for
Brighton & Hove Albion
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.
Personal life
Matthews worked as a
bricklayer in
Horsham.
He served as a
private
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in the
Royal Sussex Regiment
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during the
First World War
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and was shot and
killed by a
sniper at
Suvla Bay,
Gallipoli on 15 August 1915.
He is buried at
Green Hill Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.
References
1889 births
1915 deaths
Sportspeople from East Sussex
Men's association football players not categorized by position
English men's footballers
Southern Football League players
Horsham F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
British Army personnel of World War I
Royal Sussex Regiment soldiers
British military personnel killed in World War I
British bricklayers
Burials at Green Hill Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Deaths by firearm in Turkey
Military personnel from Sussex
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