Private Joseph Patterson M.M.

Private Joseph Patterson M.M., 9th ( Service )  Battalion, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ). He died in France on 15th April 1917 of wounds received during the Battle of Arras aged 30. He was the fourth son of George and Isabella Patterson of Branxton and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Aubigny, France. His Headstone is inscribed ” Nobly He lived Bravely He Died that We Might Live “. His Battalion was part of the 28th Brigade in the 9th Scottish Division. His father had the builders business in Branxton and he was employed there. He had fought in the Battles of Loos and the Somme and had just been awarded his Military Medal for gallantry at Arras days before he was mortally wounded. The photographs shows troops during the Battle. An impressive Memorial was raised to the Division after the War. It stands near the Military Cemetery at Pointe De Jour near Arras.

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