Godfrey Estcourt Matthews
Brigadier-General Godfrey Estcourt Matthews, CB, CMG (June 1866 – 13 April 1917) was a British Royal Marines officer, born in Bath, Somerset,[1] who died of wounds during the First World War while in command of the 198th (East Lancashire) Brigade in France.
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- Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, pp. 90–91.
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- 1866 births
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- Royal Marines generals of World War I
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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- 19th-century Royal Marines personnel
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