Murray, Murdo Morrison
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders (Lochiel's)
Biography: Son of Donald Murray, Culdrain, Sutherland. Born Rogart, 26 May 1886; educated Rogart Public School and later at Robert Gordon's College, which he entered as a bursar; matriculated Aberdeen University 1905, graduated M.A., 1908; he subsequently obtained a good appointment as Assistant Teacher at Leith. In pre-war days he was a noted athlete, and a well-known figure and competitor at all the Highland gatherings. When the war broke out Murray was one of those who early answered the call of their country. On 5 September 1914 he joined the 5th Cameron Highlanders (Lochiel's Camerons), and after training in England he went with the regiment to France. He and his brother went "over the top" on that terrible day at the battle of Loos, 25 September 1915; he was posted as "missing" and later on as "presumed killed".
Date of Death: 25 September 1915
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Loos Memorial, Panel 123, Column 1
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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