Great War Casualty Trio and Memorial Plaque with corresponding newspaper cuttings, etc.

Great War Casualty Trio and Memorial Plaque named to Charles Matthews, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory medal, named to '6705  A. Cpl. C. Matthews. E. Lan. R.', Star named to 'Pte. C. Mathews', the plaque with original packaging sleeve and letter from Buckingham Palace, together with 'The Small-Book' - Army Form B50 of Charles Matthews, No. 6705, 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, and two newspaper cuttings regarding his death in action. <p>

The exact date of death is not shown in the newspaper cuttings, there are exerts from letters received from the Front by the parents of the late Corpl. C. Matthews from his Commanding Officer and Platoon Officer expressing their sympathies. Another letter form the Chaplain to the forces writes 'He was killed while helping to hold the line which was taken from the enemy in the great attack of June 7th...' This could possibly refer to The Battle of Messines, 7th June 1917, in which the 7th Battalion were in action.