SMITH Murray Turley

  • First Name(s):
    Murray 
    Turley 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    M01
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Central Ontario Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Unit:
    (RFR/PO/B/4402)
    (RFR/PO/B/4796)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    31st October 1916
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave I. J. 8.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Granger Smith, of Woodsetton, Dudley, England

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Dudley Grammar School now Castle High School

Further Information About SMITH Murray Turley

There are 3 entries for Murray Turley Smith in the school Admission Records:
Smith Murray Turley, born June 10 1891, parent: Mr J. Granger Smith, The Grange, Woodsetton, entered the school in May 1900 and left in July 1906, Remarks: Mond Gas Co.
Smith Murray Turley, born June 10 1891, parent: Mr Jno. Granger Smith, The Grange, Woodsetton, entered the school on 2nd May 1900.
Smith Murray Turley, born June 10 1891, entered the school on 2nd May 1900, parent: Mr Jno. Granger Smith, The Grange, Woodsetton, Com**** Agent.

Murray Smith enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on the 15th March 1916 at Essex, Ontario. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 10th June 1891, in South Staffordshire, England, his next of kin as his father, J. Granger Smith of The Grange, Woodsetton, Dudley, England and his occupation as ‘Agricultural Export’.

His complete service file is unavailable from the Canadian Archives. National Archives of Canada Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9087 – 52.

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