Lawrence Christie MURRAY 1893 - 1916 Cinderford R I P

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At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

The sorrowful news was received on Tuesday
morning that a well known and much loved
Cinderford young man Pts Lawrence Christie
Murray had died from wounds in a hospital at
the front. The news was conveyed in letter
kindly sent by a sister in charge at the hospital
showing tha Pte Murray 26255 Gloucester
Regt had been in hospital two days suffering
from a wound in the back the lung being
affected.
All that was possible was done for
him but it could not prevail to save his life.
He grew gradually weaker and passed awy
very peacefully. Pte Murray was a son or
Mr and Mrs John Murray of Lower High
Street Cinderford and was 23 years of age.
He had attested and was called up on January
21st and had been at the front for about a
month. He had been a clerk at a local office
of the Pearl Assurance Company Ltd. for
some years and a smart bright young
fellow and a good comrade.
He was actively
associated with the game of cricket in the
district and he has left a happy memory not only
with his immediate friends but with all who
knew him. There is an elder brother serving
at the front. We hope next week to publish a
photo of the late Pte Murray.

Name: Lawrence Christy Murray
Birth Place: East Dean, Glos
Death Date: 22 Jul 1916
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Cinderford
Rank: Private
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Battalion: 10th (Service) Battalion
Number: 26255
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Name: MURRAY
Initials: L C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment
Unit Text: 10th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/07/1916
Service No: 26255
Additional information: Son of John and Annie Donaldson Murray, of Cinderford, Glos.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 19.
Cemetery: HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

1911 Cinderford
MURRAY JOHN M 1841 70 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
MURRAY ANNIE F 1861 50 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
MURRAY JOHN M 1890 21 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
MURRAY LAWRANCE M 1893 18 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
MURRAY WILLIAM M 1891 20 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire

1901
John Murray abt 1841 Scotland Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Anne J Murray abt 1860 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Emily A Murray abt 1886 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
John C Murray abt 1890 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
William L Murray abt 1891 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Laurance C Murray abt 1893 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

Name: Lawrence Christie Murray
Year of Registration: 1893
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 256

Name: William Lawrence Murray
Year of Registration: 1891
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 251

1891
John Murray abt 1833 Perthshire, Scotland Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Annie Murray abt 1861 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Allison A Murray abt 1886 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
John C Murray abt 1890 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Jufaut Murray abt 1891 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Christie abt 1835 Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England Sister-in-Law East Dean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1883
Month: Dec
Day: 22
Grooms_Surname: MURRAY
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age: full
Groom_Condition: Widower
Grooms_Occupation: Innkeeper
Grooms_Residence: Drybrook
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Murray
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: George
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Brewer
Brides_Surname: CHRISTIE
Brides_Forenames: Ann Donaldson
Brides_Age: full
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Cinderford
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Christie
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: William David
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Forest Keeper
Licence_or_Banns: Licence
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: William David Christie
Witness_2: Mary Lawson Christie
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: W[illia]m Lynes Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 185
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Johns

The CHRISTIE line is discussed heer :-
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=11845

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Thank you Slowhands for another very interesting bit of information to add to my family tree. Lawrence Christie Murray was the son of my Grandmother's Aunt.

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Do you know if there are any relations that are Brotheridges'?

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Sorry - but not that I know of, but that doesn't mean there aren't.

Lawrence was the son of John Murray born 1841 and Ann Donaldson Christie born 1860 who married on 22 December 1883. I know very little about John other than he was a widower when he married Ann) I also only have a very small amount of information on John and Ann's other children. Regards Pam

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I ask because I have been in touch with a Freda Murray from that area, I add excerpts of our correspondence in case they may relate to your Murrays:

"I don't know anything about Samuel Millard only the fact that he was married to my husband's great aunt, Mary Ann Brotheridge (her second marriage). She had a daughter by her first marriage. Gilbert Murray, my husband's uncle was brought up by them. What is the Ind Coope connection. The Brotheridge family are also connected to the Caldwells."

"...the lady next to him is Francis Edith Murray (Edie) and next to her is my husband;s father, Richard Brotheridge Murray and the boy next to him is Harry Hickman, Edith Murray's eldest son.

In the middle the bride and groom, Grace Murray and Albert Harris. Lady next to him, I do not know, but maybe the groom's mother, the man with the white beard next to her, again, I think is a Harris. The chap on the end with the beard is Edward Arch, husband of Ellen Martha Brotheridge. Sitting is Dorothy Murray who married another Albert Harris (strange that the groom and his brother were both called Albert). Next to her sitting, not known. Kneeling is my husband's mother, Hilda Ward and sitting next to her is Ellen Martha Arch nee Brotheridge. The only two children I can identify are the little girls, daughters of Grace, Marjorie and Dorothy.

As it is Armistice Day I attach photos of Thomas Brotheridge's sons both died at the end of the Gt War."

and finally

"Gilbert Murray went to live with the Millards as a very small child. Richard Murray and Charlotte Jane Brotheridge were married in Tirley, Gloucestershire, they farmed at Greyhill Farm in Deerhurst where all of their children, apart from Gilbert were born. They moved to Haseley in Warwickshire, where Gilbert was born. Sadly Charlotte died in 1901 of a stroke, the children were all then farmed out to various relatives. My husband, David's father, Richard Brotheridge Murray, I do not believe, saw Gilbert after this time, all very sad. I did manage to trace Gilbert's widow living in Newcastle and met his daughter who lives in Edinburgh."

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Prior threads :-
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=20411

Name: Samuel Millard
Name: Mary Ann Nicholls nee Brotheridge
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Tewkesbury
County: Gloucestershire, Worcestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 729

1891
Richard Murray abt 1843 Blencarn, Cumberland, England Head Deerhurst, Gloucestershire
Charlotte I Murray abt 1857 Glorshire, Twyning Wife Deerhurst, Gloucestershire
Frances E M Murray abt 1883 Glorshire, Deerhurst Daughter Deerhurst, Gloucestershire
Charlotte I Murray abt 1891 Glorshire, Deerhurst Daughter Deerhurst, Gloucestershire

Name: Richard Brotheridge Murray
Year of Registration: 1891
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Tewkesbury
County: Gloucestershire, Worcestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 432

Name: Gilbert Murray
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Warwick (To 1932)
County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 711

1901
Samuel Millard abt 1855 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Head Wootton St Mary Without, Gloucestershire
Mary Ann Millard l abt 1854 Twyning, Worcestershire, England Wife Wootton St Mary Without, Gloucestershire
Lilian M Nicholls abt 1875 Longford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Wootton St Mary Without, Gloucestershire
Gilbert Brurray abt 1900 Haseley, Warwickshire, England Nephew Wootton St Mary Without, Gloucestershire

1901
Richard Murray abt 1840 Cumberland, England Head Haseley, Warwickshire
Edith Murray abt 1883 Apperley, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Haseley, Warwickshire
Charlotte Murray abt 1891 Apperley, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Haseley, Warwickshire
Richard Murray abt 1892 Apperley, Gloucestershire, England Son Haseley, Warwickshire
Grace Murray abt 1894 Apperley, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Haseley, Warwickshire

1911
MURRAY RICHARD M 1892 19 Easthampstead Berkshire born Apperley

Name: Richard B Murray
Spouse : Hilda Ward
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1924
Registration district: Easthampstead
Registration county (inferred): Berkshire
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 681

Richard W Murray Jan Feb Mar 1926 Easthampstead Hampshire, Berkshire
David Murray Oct Nov Dec 1935 Easthampstead Hampshire, Berkshire

Name: Richard Brotheridge Murray
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1891
Death Registration Month/Year: 1979
Registration district: Windsor
Inferred County: Berkshire
Volume: 19
Page: 0835

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