Patrick Murray
Rank: Private
Service No: 3715
Date of Death: 15/7/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (9th (Glasgow Hdrs. Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Mrs Murray, 6 Mitchell Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Patrick Murray.
1901 census information:
Address: 230 King Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Patrick (39) steelwork labourer, born about 1862 in Ireland.
Mother: Lizzie (32) born about 1869 in Ireland.
Brother: Charles (13) born about 1888 in Rutherglen.
Self: Patrick (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Hugh (4) born about 1897 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Mary (2) born about 1899 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (3 months) born about 1901 in Rutherglen.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Patrick 50, Elizabeth 42, Charles 23, Patrick 16, Hugh 14, Mary 12, James 10, Joseph 8, Elizabeth 5, John 3 and Catherine 1.
Newspaper transcript – Mr and Mrs P Murray, 6 Mitchell Street, Rutherglen, have received official notice that their son, Private Patrick Murray, H.L.I., previously reported missing on July 15, 1916, was killed in action on that date. He was 21 years of age, and prior to enlistment was employed in the British Hydraulic Foundry, Whiteinch.