Paterson, Charles Gordon
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of James R. C. Paterson ; born Aberdeen, 18 April 1897. As a boy of fourteen years he was attached to the Pathology Department of the University and from there was transferred to the Anatomy Department as an attendant. Paterson was a bright, frank, straightforward lad of a very pleasant and likeable disposition, ever ready to perform his duties with a cheery smile. In November 1915 he enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders and after undergoing his period of training at Bedford joined in March 1916 the 4th Battalion in France. His officers found in him an ideal soldier, ever cheerful and uncomplaining and ever ready to do his duty. On 21 March 1918 he was decorated with the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery in the field, and was killed in action in France 20 July 1918.
Honours: Military Medal
Date of Death: 20 July 1918
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Soissons Memorial, Panel 31, Column 2.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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