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Rank | Lieutenant Colonel[1][2] |
Battalion | 6th Battalion / Takes over command on 22 September, 1915[3] |
Regiment | Border Regiment |
Former Unit | Gordon Highlanders / Private Royal Scots / 2nd Lieutenant / Commissioned on 27 July 1901 |
Honours | Order of the British Empire in 1919[4] |
Decorations | Distinguished Conduct Medal
Distinguished Service Order for gallantry at Costaverne Line on 11 June 1917 / Citation: Bar to the DSO for action at Messines / Citation: |
Mention in Dispatches | Four times |
Personal
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Full Name | David Mathers |
Born | 24 March 1870[7] / Aberdeen |
Education | Glasgow High School |
Parents | James Mathers and Jean Low. His father was a Sergeant Major with the Gordon Highlanders |
Residence(s) | 29 Liberton Gardens, Edinburgh |
Nationality | Scottish |
Remembrance
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Casualty Type | Survived the War |
Died | 20 April 1949[8] / Lieutenant Colonel with the East Yorkshire Regiment |
Age | 79 Years |
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Biography
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David Mathers was born on 24 March 1870, and educated at Glasgow High School. He joined the army as a Private in the Gordon Highlanders and fought with them in the Chitral Campaign of 1895 being mentioned in despatches. In the Tirah Campaign he shared in the Gordon’s glorious and memorable assault on the heights of Dargai on 20 October 1897. For this action he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry…Whilst serving in South Africa during the Boer War, Mathers was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots on 27 July 1901. He was present at the actions at Magersfontein, Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Houtnek, Vet River, Zand River, Belfast and Lydenberg. From South Africa, Mathers now found himself taking part in a number of expeditions in West Africa, including the Aro Expedition 1901-02; operations in the Ngor country, South Nigeria 1902; Kano-Sokoto Campaign in North Nigeria 1903; in South Nigeria 1903, for which he was mentioned in despatches, L.G. 28 October 1904; against the natives of the Asaba Hinterland, and in the Kwale country (medal with 6 clasps). In the Great War Mathers won further honours being mentioned in despatches four times, awarded the D.S.O. for gallantry at Costaverne Line on 11 June 1917, and a bar to his D.S.O. for the action at Messines. He was severely wounded in action in 1917 and in the latter part of the war was appointed Commandant of a Rest Camp for which he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1919. | |
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References and notes
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The information in our Rolls of Honour have been compiled using two primary sources: HMSO's Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. These have been used for consistency to ensure that any transcriptions are as accurate as possible, with the exception of discrepancies between the two sources and typos that occur from time to time. Additional sources, where used, have been referenced separately below. For soldiers that survived the war, their details do not contain the memorial scroll and are not listed in the Rolls of Honour. However, each individual has his own remembrance page to be remembered with honour.
For the Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour a secondary and carefully researched source, The Lonsdale War Grave Project, has been used to fill in some gaps with information not available in the aforementioned sources. Permission has been kindly granted by the owner for use here. For further information about the fields used above see Notes and definitions for soldier remembrance pages. | |
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