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From: Trevor Hancock <>
Subject: RE: [WW1] CWGC ALIAS NAMES
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 18:35:59 +0100


Mary,

This is probably because these men enlisted under the name Murray for one reason or another ( eg they were under age, avoiding their family because wife mother etc did not want them to join up). This then became their 'army name' however when these men were killed they had to be commemorated under their real name and the name they joined up with to save confusion.

I hope this helps

Trevor

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Subject:[WW1] CWGC ALIAS NAMES

Hi listers
Commonwealth War Graves site WW1
When searching for some MURRAY names I found a lot of MURRAY entries with alias's in the listing. when I looked for more detail all these had the proper family name, none of which were MURRAY. Why were these soldiers listed this way? Curious for an explanation and how I should treat this information.
Thanks
Mary

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