Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Mathers
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 90852
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
- Unit/Ship: 65th Field Ambulance
- Place of Death: Prisoner of War Camp Hospital, Darmstadt, Germany
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 16/10/1918
- Burial Country: Germany
- Cemetery: Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I.B.1.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 13 North Wellington St, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Rachael Mathers, 2 William Lane, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
Edward
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Mathers
Private Mathers is recorded to have died in a Prisoner of War camp near Kassel in Germany. He was the brother of Pte Edward Mathers, 29554, Royal Army Service Corps, who also served and is believed to have returned home safely.
James Mathers 90852 Royal Army Medical Corps
MATHERS―At the Prisoners of War Hospital, Darmstadt, Germany, on 16th October 1918, James Mathers, eldest son of the late Edward Mathers and of Rachel Mathers, (cause of death not stated). – Inserted by his sorrowing mother, sister, and brothers.
Dundee People’s Journal 21st December 1918
Information kindly supplied by Jim Flood, additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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