David Murray
Rank: Private
Service No: 6842
Place of Birth: Maybole
Date of Death: 20/6/1915
Theatre of Death: Gallipoli
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers (C Coy. 5th Bn.)
Cemetery: Lancashire Landing Cemetery
Additional information: Son of Mr and Mrs John Murray of 62 Johnstone Drive, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Margaret Murray.
1901 census information:
Address: Greenside, Maybole.
Father: John (27) boot shoe repairer, born about 1874 in Maybole.
Mother: Maggie (26) born about 1875 in Maybole.
Self: David (4) born about 1897 in Maybole.
Brother: William (2) born about 1899 in Maybole.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Maybole. The family comprises John 37, Margaret 36, David 14, William 12, John 7, Andrew 4 and Helen 0.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. David Murray is the eldest son of Colour-Sergt. John Murray, who is at present stationed at Rumbling Bridge. Pte. Murray was killed by a bursting shell. He was a popular young man in Maybole. He was employed as a shoemaker prior to the outbreak of war. He resided at Cottage Road, Maybole.
The news of the death of both men was received in a letter from Major John Russell, who states that the C. Company was subjected to shell and rifle fire from the Turks, and a bursting shell sent splinters into the trench striking Private Murray in such a vital place that he succumbed shortly after admission to hospital.
Commemorated on the Maybole War Memorial and in East Parish Church, Rutherglen.