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MATTHEW LYON HESSEY
Kingston upon Hull HU9 3PX
BORN HULL 1900. SON OF ROBERT HESSEY & ANNIE ELIZABETH LYON, OF 8, ALDBROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS A FORMAN IN THE LOCAL IRON WORKS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, IN ITALY, ON 29/10/1918, AGED 18.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE.
Godewaersvelde 59270
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