Ltn.
Arthur G. Murray-Smith
Military Details
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Life Guards
Awards and Medals
The 1914 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
London
Rank at Enlistment
2nd. Ltn.
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service History
Was gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Life Guards 16/9/1911 promoted Lieutenant 4 July 1912
Personal Details
Date of Birth
27 September 1886
Place of Birth
Chelsea , London
Religion
C of E
Address
Mountainstown, Navan, Co. Meath.
Residence (Census)
Gumley Hall , Market Harborough , Leicestershire
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Mountainstown, Navan, Co. Meath.
Parents
George & Ellen Murray-Smith (nee Strutt)
Siblings
John Edward Murray-Smith, Geoffrey Murray-Smith ,Elizabeth Maud Badger (born Murray-Smith)
Married
Margaret Louise ( Ainsworth)
Children
Major George Anthony Murray Smith
Family Connection
John S Ainsworth Brother in Law
Remarriage of Widow
Pollock
Education and Occupation
School
Eton , Trinity College
Occupation
Soldier
Work Address
2nd Life Guards
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
2nd November 1914
Age at Death
28
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
First Battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
Life Guards
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Ltn.
Notes
Died of his wounds in a German Miliatry Hospital
Buried or Commemorated at
LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Belgium
Grave Position: III. A. 11.
Private Memorial: St Johns War memorial , Rouvignys Roll of Honour
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