Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Angus
- Town
- Arbroath
- County
- Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 85762
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Current location
8
Royal British Legion
Helen Street
Arbroath
Angus
Tayside
DD11 3AP
Scotland
OS Grid Ref: NO 63822 41133
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brass Plaque on wooden backboard with framed photograph above
- Inscription
- IN APPRECIATION OF THE FAITHFUL SERVICE /GIVEN BY//THOMAS MATHESON C.B.E. J.P. //LIFE PRESIDENT OF THIS BRANCH WHO DIED ON/14TH SEPTEMBER 1984 //A VETERN OF THE 1914-18 WAR HE DEVOTED /HIMSELF FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE TO THE /WELFARE OF EX-SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AND /THEIR DEPENDANTS/HE BROUGHT HONOUR TO THIS BRANCH WHEN HE /SERVED AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN FROM /1958 TO 1962 //HE RENDERED NOTABLE SERVICE ALSO TO THE EARL /HAIG FUND (SCOTLAND) AND THE OFFICERS /ASSOCIATION SCOTTISH BRANCH //"SERVICE NOT SELF"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Matheson, Thomas
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, date of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined - Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, date of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Photograph/s
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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