Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Matthews, of Auckland City, New Zealand; husband of Helen T. Matthews (nee Le Sueur), of Ottawa. Four times Mentioned in Despatches in the 1914-18 War.
Digital gallery of Major General Harold Halford Matthews
Digital gallery of
Major General Harold Halford Matthews
Headstone at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa.
Digital gallery of
Major General Harold Halford Matthews
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major General Harold Halford Matthews
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major General Harold Halford Matthews
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major General Harold Halford Matthews
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major General Harold Halford Matthews
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major General Harold Halford Matthews
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Headstone at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa.
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.
The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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