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David Orrock Muir |
David Orrock Muir
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion
Date of Death: 20th May 1917
Age 25
Commemorated: Arras Memorial
Additional Information: Son of William and Mary Muir, Belvidere Cottage, 1416 London Road, Glasgow. Previously wounded.
SNWM:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th Battalion (Territorial)
Date of Death: 20th May 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial)
Date of Death: 20th May 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
David O. Muir, Sergeant, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 14247. Second Lieutenant.
Commissioned. Medal Entitlement: 1914 – 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals
Address: (Father) William Muir, Belvidere Cottage, London Road, Glasgow
Soldiers’ Effects:
Second Lieutenant, D. O. Muir, 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in Action 20th May 1917
Glasgow Herald, 29th May 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
Muir. Killed in action on 20th May 1917, Second Lieutenant David Orrosk Muir, Highland Light Infantry, aged 25 years, eldest son of Mr and Mrs William Muir, Belvidere Cottage, London Road, Glasgow.
Glasgow Herald, 29th May 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
Muir. Killed in action on 20th May 1917, Second Lieutenant David Orrock Muir, Highland Light Infantry, aged 25 years, eldest son of Mr and Mrs William Muir, Belvidere Cottage, London Road, Glasgow.
Sandymount Cemetery:
Erected by William Muir and Mary Smellie Murray his wife
In loving memory of their son Charles Greener Murray
Who died 26th March 1907 aged 12 years and 4 months
Her father Charles G. Murray died 18th March 1911 aged 70 years
Their eldest son David Orrock
2nd Lieut. 9th H.L.I. (The Glasgow Highlanders)
Killed in action in France 20th May 1917 aged 25 years
Her mother Helen S. Murray died 17th February 1919 aged 76 years
The above William Muir died 21st May 1934 aged 67 years
His wife Mary Smellie Murray died 4th February 1939 aged 74 years
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Second Lieutenant, David Orrock Muir, Highland Light Infantry, Belvidere Cottage, London Road, Glasgow.
1901 Census, Living at 900 London Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow
Father William Muir, age 31, Home Steward ? Hospital, born Glasgow
Mother Mary S. Muir, age 36, born Glasgow
Children: David O. Muir, age 9, Scholar, born Glasgow
Charles G. M. Muir, age 6, Scholar, born Glasgow
