Alexander Murray, 4 North Tolsta


Seaman ALEX MURRAY
Alasdair Mac Ailein, Mhic Alasdair Mhic Neill
Last address in Lewis: 4 North Tolsta,
Son of Allan and Annie Murray, of 4, North Tolsta, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Neptunian
Service number: 18141/DA
Date of death: 26 October 1918 at the age of 19
Ship sank after collision off Larne, Ireland
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 31
Local memorial: North Tolsta

Alex appears on the 1901 census, aged 1, with his sister Annie (2) and parents Allan (27) and Annie (26), living at Tolsta South End 4. 

His father Allan also served in the RNR, but survived the war. 

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