Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (859351 Pte. H. Murray) on white metal neck chain, very fine £60-£80

Hugh Murray was born in Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire on 18 September 1894, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Cypress River, Manitoba. He served with the 43rd (Manitoba) Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 5 February 1917. He is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.