Name: Walter Hudson Matthews​

Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel

Date in Command of 1/20th: May 13th 1916 to July 15th 1917 Replaced (when he took command of the divisional pioneer battalion, 1/4th Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers))

Date of Birth: July 1864
Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England

Date of Death: January 29th 1929 Vancouver, Canada
​Place of Death: Kent, England

Father: Marmaduke William Matthews
Mother: Lexa Penelope Young
Siblings: Eliza Lillie Matthews
                Harold Hamilton Matthews
                Constance Irene Matthews
                Emily Stella Matthews
​                Gwendoline Matthews
Uncle to Captain Leslie Alexander Young and Second Lieutenant Alan Emilius Young both of the 1/20th London Regiment,