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Pvt William Franklin McMurry

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Pvt William Franklin McMurry

Birth
Royse City, Rockwall County, Texas, USA
Death
5 Feb 1918 (aged 22)
Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Royse City, Rockwall County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Pvt. William Franklin McMurry died in the torpedoing & sinking of the troopship "Tuscania" on 5 February 1918 in the North Channel between Scotland & Ireland by German submarine UB-77. He was first buried at Kilnaughton, isle of Islay, Scotland, grave 62. His mother, Mrs. S.H. McMurry, of Royse City TX was notified of his death. William's body was returned to the U.S. aboard "Antigone" in September 1920
Pvt. William Franklin McMurry died in the torpedoing & sinking of the troopship "Tuscania" on 5 February 1918 in the North Channel between Scotland & Ireland by German submarine UB-77. He was first buried at Kilnaughton, isle of Islay, Scotland, grave 62. His mother, Mrs. S.H. McMurry, of Royse City TX was notified of his death. William's body was returned to the U.S. aboard "Antigone" in September 1920

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