NAM.2001-07-517-1

Jake ends colourful life in the army. Press cutting taken from The Thanet Times, 22 Dec 1964. Relating to the career and subsequent retirement of WO W J Matthews, the Buffs Regiment, 10th Bn Parachute Regiment, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Special Air Service Regiment and 5th Bn the Buffs Regiment (TA), 1940-1964. WO Matthews served in World War One, Europe, Far East and Egypt, also Palestine, Malaya. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918), World War Two, Middle East (1940-1945), World War Two, Italy (1943-1945)