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571. Gnr. McMurray, Hamilton

Gunner

Date of Birth: 26/5/1893, Swansea (CENS)
Occupation: Locomotive Fireman (SR)
Employer: Swansea Harbour Trust
Previous Serv: 1st Glamorgan Battery
Enlisted - Date: 26/6/1911
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 571
Service O/S: Home: 26/6/11 - 1/12/14.
Other service: S/16875, Pte, Cam Highlanders & M/229070, Pte, ASC
Demobilised: 1/12/1914
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 15/5/1894, Swansea, full name Hamilton Wilson McMurray. Parents - Alfred (Engine Driver) & Ruth

- multiple DOB, used earliest DOB from baptism

1901 - 57 Dyfatty Terrace, Swansea. 7yo. W parents & 7 sibs

1902 - Bapt 26 Feb 1902, St Marks, Swansea. DOB 15/5/1894. Add-57 Dyfatty Terr. Dads occ-Engine Driver

1910 - Joined Swansea Harbour Trust 3/8/1910 as Driver. DOB 26/5/1893. Taken over by GWR, 1/7/1923. Did he lie about his age??

1911 - 57 Dyfatty Terrace, Swansea. 17yo. Occ-Locomotive Engine Fireman, Swansea Harboiur Trust. W widowed mother & 4 sibs

1913 - Married Flossie Tyrell, 26 Jul 1913, St Mary, Swansea. Occ-Engine Driver. Add-37 Orange St

1921 - 9 Campbell St, Swansea. 28y1m. Occ-Railkway Engine Driver, Swansea Harbour Trust. W Flssie, AG & CA (Cissie)

1939 - 31 Tanymarin Rd, Swansea. DOB 25/5/1893. Occ-Locomotive Driver Railway. W wife, Flossie. Cissie A (1920), Walter J (1922) & redacted

1964 - Died aged 71, 18 Sep 1964 at Mount Pleasant Hospital. Add-31 Tanymarin Rd, Mayhill.

Personal Info: Mother - Ruth McMurray
Address:
57 Dyfatty Terrace
Swansea (SR)

Military Service

SR

Enl 26 Jun 1911, Swansea, Gnr, 1st Galmorgan Battery

Embodied 5/8/14

One of 8 men discharged on 1/12/1914 for Disobedience of Orders. Incident happened in Northampton

Quickly re-enlisted (no additional SR found)

S/16875, Pte, 2nd Cameron Highlanders. France 26 March 1915

Newspaper report (12 Jun 15). and is at present in hospital recovering from the effects of poisonous gas used by the Germans. Poss 2nd Battle of Ypres

Transferred ASC 1/10/16 - M/229070, Pte, ASC

Class Z 1/5/19

14/15, BWM, Vic

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 26/3/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France (w Cam High)
Discharged - Reason: Disobedience of Orders (Cambridge).
Sources: (SR)(MIC)(ROLL)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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