World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.
James William Cowell Murrie
Forename(s):
James William Cowell
Surname:
Murrie
Initial(s):
J W C
Service Number:
433000
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 25th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Irish)
Died:
28/04/1917
Buried:
Arras Memorial (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Amble, Northumberland.
Background:
Born in 1891, at Amble, Northumberland, the son of James Murrie (a Mariner), by his wife, Anne Murrie (née Cowell).
Occupation: Grocer's Apprentice.
Husband of Isabella Baxendale who he married on 1 December 1908. Their son, James William Murrie, was born in 1910.
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 123)
Local Memorial:
Chevington & Broomhill War Memorial