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 -
““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.
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