Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Renfrew
Town
Neilston
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Robert Bryden (1865 - 1939) artist and sculptor, whose works included Coylton War Memorial. (Makers)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
90286

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Current location

43
Neilston Primary School
High Street
Neilston
Renfrew
Strathclyde
G78 3HJ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Wooden Board with a bronze bust of the deceased
Inscription
The Individual memorial has a bronze circular plaque mounted on a wooden frame and is inscribed as follows: 2ND LIEUT MATTHEW MONTGOMERY MA SEAFORTHS 51ST HD DIV KILLED IN ACTION FRANCE 20TH JULY 1918. Below the Bust is the inscription: AS ASSISTANT MASTER IN THIS SCHOOL 1907 – 1916 HE WON THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF HIS MANY FRIENDS IN NEILSTON & DISTRICT WHO ERECT THIS TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY AS A SOLDIER A TEACHER & A MAN.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Montgomery, Matthew
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, place of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=5337&mforum=warmemscot
  • From The Glasgow University Roll of Honour website Matthew Montgomery, born on the 24th June 1883, in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, son of Mr and Mrs Montgomery, of "Crumyards", Neilston; husband of Edith Winifred Montgomery, of Millview, Neilston, Renfrewshire. He graduated MA in 1908 at the University of Glasgow. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Tardenois, part of the Battles of the Marne, on the 20th July 1918, aged 35. 2nd Lieutenant Matthew Montgomery is buried at the St Imoges Churchyard cemetery, some 10 miles south of Reims in northern France.

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