After graduating from the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Matthews was
commissioned into the
York and Lancaster Regiment on 1 February 1923. He transferred to the
South Wales Borderers in 1935 while
aide-de-camp to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
Malta. After the war Matthews became
Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in June 1946,
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in June 1948 and President of the
Regular Commissions Board at the
War Office in August 1949. He went on to be
General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division in December 1950, Director of Infantry at the War Office in December 1952 and Director of Civil Defence for Wales in 1956. His last appointments were as
Commandant of the Civil Defence Staff College in 1956 and Director of Civil Defence for the South West Region in 1960. Matthews was also
Colonel of the
South Wales Borderers from 1954 to 1961. ==References==