Regiment: RFA attd. Intelligence Corps.
Died: 15 June 1920 aged 22 in Turkey. Killed in action at Ismid, Turkey.
Cemetery: Haida Pasha Cemetery I. E. 22.
Born 28th March 1898, 3 Chichester St, Pimlico. Son of Frank Winn Mattox (Manufacturer - Milk Condenser) and Marie Louise Mattox (formerly Lippincott).
Lower V—Army I.
Minor Scholar. O.M. Science. School Prefect.
R.M.A. Woolwich; R.F.A. 1917.
Husband of Anne Rosina Mattox, of 1, The Common, Woolwich, London.
Father of Phyllis Madeline Mattox born on 10th October 1919.
He became a 2nd Lieutenant on the 7th June 1917 and served in the Royal Field Artillery in France from the 26th July 1917, initially in the 24 D.A.C and then the 106th Brigade RFA from February 1918 to March 1919. He then became attached to the Intelligence Corps and moved to Turkey where he acted as an Interpeter and was involved in trying to maintain the terms of the Armistice. He was killed in action 'shot at point blank range' by Turkish Nationalists on the 15th June 1920 at a post near Ismid.
References:London Gazette Details of Anatolian Incident
Medal Card: WO 372/13/177629
Service record:WO 339/70870