Matthew Thom
Rank: Private
Service No: 267083
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 26/3/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders (5th Bn)
Cemetery: Arras Memorial
Additional information: Son of David Thom of 10 Wallace Street, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs David Thom, 12 Wallace Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father David
1911 census information:
Address: 10 Wallace Street, Rutherglen.
Father: David (38) iron moulder, born about 1873 in Glasgow.
Mother: Matilda (39) born about 1872 in Ireland.
Self: Matthew (13) born about 1898 in Glasgow.
Sister: Matilda (11) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
Sister: Agnes (9) born about 1902 in Glasgow
Sister: Mary (8) born about 1903 in Glasgow.
Brother: Hugh (5) born about 1906 in Glasgow.
Brother: Alexander (1) born about 1910 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. M. Thom, Rutherglen. Mr and Mrs David Thom, 10 Wallace Street, Rutherglen, have received intimation that their son, Pte. Matthew Thom, Seaforth Highlanders, was killed on March 28. He was 20 years of age, and was in the employment of the Caledonian Railway Company at Rutherglen Station.