Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom | 021 RODERICK MATHESON

21 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1915

6228. PTE RODERICK MATHESON, 7th Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders.

Aged 22

Son of the late Mr. Donald Matheson, J.P., and Mrs. Isabella Matheson,

Seabank House, Ullapool.

Enlisted in Kitchener's Army	Nov. 1914.
Killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos	25th Sept. 1915.

Pte Matheson was trained in the Bank of Scotland, Inverness, and afterwards joined the International Banking Corporation, London, where he was attached to the Foreign Department. He was a Member of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland.

Had one brother serving -

Pte. Murdo Matheson.

““The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God, and there shall no torment touch them.” – The Wisdom of Solomon, iii. I.

“In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die : and their departure is taken for misery, and their going from us to be utter destruction, but they are in peace.” – Wisdom of Solomon, iii. 2, 3.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Loos Memorial, France

Grave: Panel 112 to 115

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Ullapool, Middle Panel, 18th from the top

additional information

Official records state his age as being 23 and not 22 as stated above.

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.

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