More about John Murray

John was the brother of Pte Thomas Leo Murray, 4429, 1st Battalion Royal Scots, who died of wounds, 11.05.1915.

John Murray was born 26 August 1894 and died  14 May 1976 (Private) 2289 Black Watch  who enlisted on 15 February 1913 and medically discharged on 3rd December 1917 he served for 4 years 292 days.  He was injured in various conflicts during his service from the Great War in France, Belgium and India where he was wounded and hospitalised in Karachi on HMS hospital Ship Levasa, Ward Number, D  Bed 90 aged 21 in 1915.

He was wounded again in India and taken to Cumballa hospital in Bombay and hospitalised on the 14 may 1917 and discharged on 29 August 1917 and sent back to Scotland for medical discharge at Perth Barracks on 3rd December 1917.

He lived at 20 Pennycook Lane on the Hawkhill  with his father Patrick.  On return to Dundee he joined the Royal Air Force Service Number 191266 rank Airman trade Batman on 31st May 1918 and posted to RAF Blandford and discharged again after 82 days through his various wounds from army service on
20 August  1918.

He was also called up for national service for the second world war enlisted on 23rd August 1939 and yet again discharged after 155 days due to injuries from the Great War on 12 march 1940.

When I was a young boy my granda, John Murray did not say a lot about the Great War.  However he did say it was horrible to scrape the lice out of your kilt and deal with mustard gas and go over the top on the whistle.

He did tell me why his brother joined the Royal Scots and it was because he did not want to where a Kilt so he joined a Lowland regiment.