Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Alfred McMurchie
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 3/2546
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 20
- Date of Death: 05.09.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Pier & Face 10A
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 18 Bruce St, Dundee
- Occupation: Mill Worker
- Mother:
Isabella McMurchie, 18 Bruce St, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Alfred McMurchie
Alfred has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
3-2456 Pte. Alfred M’Murchie, 1st Black Watch, was killed in action on 5 September 1916, aged 20. The son of Mrs M’Murchie, 18 Bruce Street, Alfred was employed as a millworker before the war.
DUNDEE SOLDIER KILLED. Mrs M’Murchie, 18 Bruce Street, Dundee, has received official intimation that her son, Private Alfred M’Murchie, Black Watch, has been killed in action. Private M’Murchie was in his 20th year. He joined the Black Watch about two years ago, and had been at the front for a considerable time. Prior to enlistment Private M’Murchie was employed as a millworker. The Courier, Thursday, 21 September 1916, 4.
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