Surname | Murray | |||
First Name(s) | Herbert | |||
Place of Birth | Newhills | |||
Club(s) | Aberdeen Clyde Motherwell Queen's Park St. Johnstone | |||
Service | British Army | |||
Rank | Captain | |||
Service Number | - | |||
Previous Service Number(s) | 3543 | |||
Regiment or Corps | Gordon Highlanders | |||
Unit(s) | 1/4th Battalion | |||
Previous Regiment(s) or Corps | - | |||
Unit(s) | - | |||
Type of Casualty (If applicable) | Killed in Action | |||
Theatre of War (If applicable) | Western European Theatre | |||
Date of Death (If applicable) | 20/07/1918 | |||
Place of Death (If applicable) | France and Flanders | |||
Place of Burial/Commemoration (If applicable) | Marfaux British Cemetery | |||
Grave/Memorial Reference (If applicable) | I. B. 7. | |||
Awards and Decorations | Military Cross | |||
Citation(s) | Military Cross: Lt. Herbert Murray, Gord. Highrs. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer, in command of a company, helped to beat off four enemy attacks, keeping his men well in hand when troops onthe left were falling back." (The London Gazette, Supplement 30813, 23 July 1918) | |||
Supplementary Notes | Commissioned in 3/4th Gordon Highlanders 09/08/1915. Brother of Miss Sarah Murray, of 31, Cairnfield Place, Aberdeen. |