Memorial

Private A Matheson

Gravestone

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

Grave 139, St Andrew's Church, Golspie, Sutherland, Highlands and Islands, KW10 6PR, Scotland

NC 83761 00213

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 76239
Description: Addition to family gravestone, which includes his brother, William, who died of wounds in WW1 and is buried here
Inscription: .... ALSO OF THEIR SON/CPL WM. MATHESON KOSB/WHO WAS WOUNDED AT THE SOMME ADVANCE/AND DIED AT NESS LANE HOSPITAL/MANCHESTER 16TH JULY 1916/AGED 23 YEARS/(INTERRED HERE)/..../THEIR SON/PTE ALEX MATHESON/WHO DIED IN FRANCE 16TH FEB 1917/...

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, relationships, place of death, date of death

Gravestone

Height: 1390mm

Width: 660mm

Depth: 150mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

CWGC Citation (note they spell his surname as Mathieson, but for his brother spell it as Matheson)-https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/288907/mathieson,-/