Whitehill Former Pupils’ Club

 Made With Serif WebPlus.


Matthew Barr McNaughton (MacNaughton)


Matthew Barr McNaughton (MacNaughton)


CWGC:   (Matthew Barr MacNaughton)

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen’s Own Royal)

No. 1479

Date of Death: 19th February 1916

Age: 31

Buried: Menin Road South Military Cemetery


SNWM:   (Matthew Barr McNaughton)

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry

No. 1479

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Date of Death: 19th February 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC (1):

Matthew B. McNaughton, Sergeant, Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry, No. 1479.  Killed in Action.

Medal Entitlament: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals



MIC (2):

MacNaughton, M.B., Sergeant, 1479, Cavalry, Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette, 15th June 1916, Page 5927


SDGW:   (Matthew Barr McNaughton)

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line

No. 1479

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Place of Residence: Dennistoun

Date of Death: 19th February 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


1914-15 Electoral Register, Glasgow, Fifth Ward: Tenant: (Father) Henry MacNaughton, Drysalter

Matthew Barr MacNaughton, Electrician, 101 Armadale Street, Dennistoun. Lodger (Son).


Soldiers’ Effects:

Matthew McNaughton, Sergeant, Queen’s Own Glasgow Yeomanry, No. 1479. Killed in Action 19th February 1916.

Father Henry, Brothers Douglas, Henry D., Sisters Jessie Lawson & C. McGrigor


Glasgow Necropolis:

In loving memory of our sons

Matthew Barr MacNaughton, Sergt.

Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry

Who fell in Flanders in the Great War 14th February 1916

Aged 31 years

Henry D. MacNaughton who died in Glasgow

16th November 1920 aged 41 years

Beloved husband of Agnes Cochrane

The father of the above, Bailie Henry MacNaughton, J.P., Dennistoun

Who died 29th June 1936 aged 83 years

Also their mother Alice Watson MacNaughton

Who died 10th September 1944 aged 93 years

Henry MacNaughton who died 24th October 1993 aged 84 years

Beloved husband of Edith Gordon Stewart

Only son of Henry D. MacNaughton and Agnes Cochrane.


Glasgow Herald, 25th February 1916. ‘Deaths on Service’

MacNaughton. Killed in action in France on the 14th inst., Sergeant Matthew Barr MacNaughton, Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry, beloved son of Mr and Mrs Henry MacNaughton, 101 Armadale Street and of MacNaughton & Watson, 423 Gallowgate, Glasgow.


Scotsman, 28th February 1916. ‘Rank and File Killed’

Glasgow. Sergeant Matthew Barr MacNaughton, Glasgow Yeomanry was the son of Mr and Mrs Henry MacNaughton, 101 Armadale Street, Dennistoun.


Listed on Glasgow High School Memorial: Matthew B. MacNaughton


Listed on Glasgow Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University): Sergeant

Matthew B. MacNaughton, Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Sergeant Matthew B. MacNaughton, Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry, 101 Armadale Street, Dennistoun.


1901 Census, Living at 134 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun

Father Henry MacNaughton, age 48, Ironmonger, born Glasgow

Mother Alice MacNaughton, age 49, born Glasgow

Children: Henry D. MacNaughton, age 21, Ironmonger’s Assistant, born Glasgow

Jessie MacNaughton, age 18, Bookkeeper, born Glasgow

Matthew B. MacNaughton, age 15, Scholar, born Glasgow

Douglas MacNaughton, age 12, Scholar, born Glasgow