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James Byden Murdoch


James Byden Murdoch


CWGC:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, ‘C’ Company, 5th Battalion

No: S/12413

Date of Death: 18th April 1917

Age: 21

Buried: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension

Additional Information: Son of James Bryden Murdoch, Neilson House, 1717 London Road, Tollcross, Glasgow.


SNWM:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion

No: S/12413

Place of Birth: Barony, Glasgow

Date of Death: 18th April 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


SDGW:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion

No: S/12413

Place of Birth: Barony, Glasgow

Place of Residence: Glasgow

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 18th April 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC:

James B. Murdoch, Private, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/12413. Died of Wounds 18th April 1917

Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

James Bryden Murdoch, Private, 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. 12413. Died of Wounds 18th April 1915.

Father James B., Brother John P?, Sisters Isabella A. (or H.), Christina S. & Mrs Janet B. Stevenson


Glasgow Herald, 25th April 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’

Murdoch. Died on 18th inst., in casualty clearing station from wounds received in action, James B. Murdoch (“Jimmy”), Private, Cameron Highlanders, aged 22 years, second son of James B. Murdoch, painter and decorator, 693 Gallowgate, Glasgow and Neilston House, Tollcross


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Private James B. Murdoch, Cameron Highlanders, 693 Gallowgate.


1901 Census, Living at 145 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun

Father James Murdoch, age 39, Painter, born Glasgow

Children: James Murdoch, age 5, born Glasgow

Colquhoun Murdoch, age 3, born Glasgow

Grandmother Janet Boyd, age 60, born Alnwck, Ayrshire