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Pte. George Andrew Muir
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.21st Mar 1918)
George Andrew Muir enlisted in Darlington and served with the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He died age 27 on the 21st March 1918. He is remembered at Jarrow Cemetery and on the Arras Memorial. His medal card records the award of the War and Victory Medals.
George was born in Darlington 1891, son of Andrew and Mary Isabellla Muir nee Hedley of 7 Greenbank Road North, Darlington. In the 1911 census the family are living at 119 Salisbury Terrace, Darlington with Andrew(48) an Inspector of Police(24 years service) and his wife of 20 years Mary Isabella(42)who has had 2 children both single and still living at this address. George Andrew(19) is an apprentice miner and Hedley (19) is an engineering pattern maker apprentice.
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