Seaman NORMAN MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 14 Upper Bayble
Son of Murdo and Bella Mackay Murray, of 14, Upper Bayble, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Merchant Marine, SS Elba
Service number: 8702/A
Date of birth: 8 July 1897
Date of death: 28 April 1918 at the age of 24
Ship sunk by UB-103 near Land's End
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 30
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Norman is shown on the 1901 census at the age of 4, living at a squatters' house in Bayble with his parents Murdo (40) and Isabella (36). His siblings Christina (9) and Murdo (6) are also present.
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