BORN CAITHNESS, SCOTLAND, 1888. SON OF ALEXANDER MUIR AND ISABELLA GUNN MUIR, OF DUNNETT, CAITHNESS, SCOTLAND.
HE WORKED ON HULL SHIPS BETWEEN 24/10/1916 – 08/01/1917, SERVING AS FIRST MATE, ON THE “LADY TENNANT”
SERVED AS SECOND OFFICER, MERCHANT NAVY, ON THE SHIP “PRINCESS ROYAL” WHICH WAS MINED IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. LOST AT SEA, ON 26/05/1918, AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, LONDON AND ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL
First name:
EDWARD MATHISON
Regiment:
Rank:
2ND OFFICER
Date Died
26/05/1918
Place died:
Not Known
Age:
29
