In Memory Of
MURRAY, GORDON LAUTRE
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1897-04-25
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
80th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1918-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Sopwith Camel #B5154. He took off from his airfield at 3:30 PM on an offensive patrol over the Merville?Radinghem sector in northern France. The area was a chaotic frontline where British squadrons were flying low-altitude missions to halt advancing German ground troops and repel enemy fighter wings.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of the Rev. Andrew C. Murray and Lydie A. Murray, of Somerset West, South Africa. A Rhodes Scholar (Stellenbosh 1917) from South Africa to Oxford University.
