Private MURDO SMITH
Last address in Lewis: 24 Borve,
Son of Angus Smith, of 24, Borve Barvas, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: 1st Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3/5290
Enlisted at Inverness
Date of death: 25 September 1915 at the age of 21
Killed in action
Memorial: Loos Memorial, Panel 119 to 124
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve
Murdo appears in the 1901 census, aged 7, at 27 Borve, the son of Angus (49) and Catherine (41), and brother of Christy (18), Angus (16), Mary (14), Catherine (12), Donald (9), Maggie (3) and Christy (9 months).
His brother Donald was killed in 1916, serving with the Canadians.
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