Deckhand JOHN MURRAY
Last address in Lewis: 30 South Bragar,
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMML 461
Service number: 4689/SD
Date of birth: 28 December 1892
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 26
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar
John appears in the 1901 census, aged 9 at 30 South Bragar, the son of Donald and Eric (both aged 44), and brother of Angus (11), Norman (9) and Peggy (5).
His brother Angus died at home in 1917, having served in the RNR.
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