Private NORMAN MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 14 Upper Bayble,
Son of Donald and Catherine McLeod Murray, of 14, Upper Bayble, Stornoway, Lewis.
Service unit: 1st Scots Guards
Service number: 14108
Lastly resident at Dunfermline,
Enlisted at Liverpool.
Date of death: 15 September 1916 at the age of 19
Killed in action
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 7 D.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
The 1901 census shows Norman as a 4-year old at a squatter's house in Bayble. His mother Catherine is a pauper, and has five other children, namely Annie (15), Christina (14), Annabella (12), Catherine (10) and Murdo (6). The 1891 census also shows the father, Donald.
Murdo served in the RNR and survived the war.
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