Patrick McMurray

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/12496
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 31.07.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 38

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 62 Lilybank Road, Dundee
  • Occupation: Bell & Sime, Timber Merchants, Dundee
  • Mother:

    Catherine McMurray, 62 Lilybank Rd, Dundee

  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Patrick McMurray

Patrick has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.

Patrick McMurray   S/12496   Seaforth Highlanders

DUNDEE SEAFORTH KILLED.

Mrs McMurray, who resides at 62 Lilybank Road, has received official intimation that her son, Private Patrick McMurray, of the Seaforth Highlanders, was killed in action on 31st July.

Before enlisting Private McMurray was an employee of Bell & Sime, Limited, timber merchants.

Dundee Courier 23rd August 1917

Additional information and kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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