Last address in Lewis: 25 South Shawbost,
Son of Donald and Mary Murray, of 25, South Shawbost, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Roxburgh
Service number: J/86329
Date of birth: 25 April 1899
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 19
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Bragar Old Church Yard and extension
Local memorial: West Side, Bragar
Roderick appears in the 1901 census, aged 2, at 25 South Shawbost with his grandfather Roderick (67) and parents Donald (33) and Mary (30) as well as baby brother Kenneth (3 months).
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