Captain Norman Cairns MURRAY

Captain Norman Cairns Murray{gallery}Capt N C Murray{/gallery}7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 30th June 1916, aged 24

• Buried: Hebuterne Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave F.F.12
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of the late Charles Cairns and Louisa Murray [nee Russell – now Rowe]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Captain Murray
• Hebuterne Military Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1892 at St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
• Attended Berkhampsted School, member of Junior Leaders’ Contingent
  
• Lived as a boarder at Park House, Park Avenue, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a pupil in brickworks [1911]
• Gazetted to 2nd Lt on 10 Jul 1914 and to Lt on 23 Oct 1914
  
• Arrived in France 23 March 1915