Richard Murray

Rank: 
Gunner
Regimental number: 
42349
Unit at enlistment: 
3rd Brigade C.F.A., 8th Battery
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Staffordshire
Birth city: 
Walsall
Address at enlistment: 
Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Paris, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Locksmith
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
44

Letters and documents

BX January 15, 1916
 
Brantford Veterans Returned
 
Four more Brant County veterans, invalided home from the great conflict now raging in Europe, arrived in Toronto yesterday, about 9.30 a.m., along with 13 others from different points in Ontario, and after greetings were extended by the citizens of Toronto, they were taken to the convalescent home, College Street, where after a little ceremony, passes were issued, the men then coming home.  The four Brant County men were Corp. William Blacker, 20 Dundas Street, who was shot through both thighs and was helpless on the battlefield for 48 hours before he was rescued; Pte. A. Cullum, 4th Battalion, Paris; Gunner R. Murray, 3rd Reserve Battery, Paris, and Pte. Edward Stanton, 4th Battalion Paris.
 
Shell Splintered His Ear

Wounded by a high explosive shell which burst near him, gassed, and his ear badly splintered at Festubert, in April, Gunner Richard Murray 3rd Reserve Battery, of Paris, who enlisted at Hamilton was taken to an English hospital where he remained until three months ago. Pte. Murray was in the trenches during a heavy firing engagement, when he sustained his injuries.