2549 PTE G.MATTOCKS 2/R.SCOTS.
George Mattocks
Born Edinburgh
To France 7/10/14 to serve with the 2nd Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
The 2nd Royal Scots took over liquid-mud trenches near Vierstraat -"an unpleasant area littered with the decomposing corpses of French soldiers & of animals..."
KIA F&F 9/3/15 in vicinity of the Wytschaete Road, Ypres Salient
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
With copy of his Medal Index Card, SDGW & CWGC details
Condition: High points polished, VF
