Clement Henry Matthews (1889 – 15 August 1915) was an English professional

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who played in the Southern Football League for

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Personal life

Matthews worked as a bricklayer in

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. He served as a

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in the

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during the

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and was shot and killed by a sniper at

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, Gallipoli on 15 August 1915. He is buried at

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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 {{England-footy-bio-stub