Private Cecil Rhodes Murray
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Murray,
Cecil Rhodes
Date of birth: 1897-12-11
Place of birth: Huntingdon Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. J.D. Murray, Mother, Huntingdon, Quebec
Marital status: single
Language: English
Occupation (attested): Merchant
Address:
Huntingdon, Quebec
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1. C. 2
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 177434
Highest Rank:
Private
(87th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Whilst taking part in an attack on the enemy positions South of Givenchy he was hit in the head and instantly killed by a piece of shell (Vimy Ridge)
Commemoration location: Huntingdon, Quebec
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 2954877
LAC ID:
208363
Service file: B6523-S044
Uploader's Notes: Huntingdon 04-09-1917 Cecil Rhodes Murray, second son of John Mary, manager of Borden Factory, in Huntingdon PQ, born in Truro, Nova Scotia, on 04-11-1898, was killed in the battle of Vimy Ridge
Uploader's Research notes:
Parents gave place of birth as Truro, Nova Scotia 04-11-1898
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-29