James Muir
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 442133
Date of Death: 15/08/1917
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
Memorial: Vimy Memorial
Additional information: Son of Robert and Jessie Muir of 20 Maxwell Street, Dalbeattie; husband of Agnes Boyd Muir of 35 Gallowflat Street, Rutherglen.
Canadian Attestation Papers: NOK – Mrs Robert Muir, Loch Athol, Kirkcudbright; DOB – 28th February 1889; trade – farmer
1901 census information:
Address: Lochanhead Station, Lochrutton, Kirkcudbright.
Father: Robert (41) railway surfaceman, born about 1860 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Mother: Jessie (34) born about 1867 in Glencochar, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Sister: Maggie (14) born about 1887 in Dumfries.
Self: James (12) born about 1889 in Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Brother: William John (9) born about 1892 in Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Sister: Mary Jan Burnie (7) born about 1894 in Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Sister: Jessie Helen Payne (5) born about 1896 in Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Brother: Martin Welsh (3) born about 1898 in Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire.
Sister: Isabella M Dill (1) born about 1900 in Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire.