Rank: Private

Number: 241331 (Formerly 4764)

Unit: 1/5th (Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. T.F.

Born: Dornoch 1888

Parents: George and Isabella Matheson of 5, Castle Street, Dornoch

Died: Killed in action 13.11.16 Beaumont Hamel aged 28

Buried: Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France Pier and Face 15 C.

Walter Matheson was a member of the Royal Dornoch Golf Club foursome which won the Northern Counties Cup Quartette 1911. (Historylinks Museum Catalogue No. 2001.062)