A 'Liberton' Free Mason & 'Clan Murray' Great War era medal lot: Private Douglas Murray, Labour Corps, late Highland Light Infantry

- British War Medal. Silver issue (34690 Pte D. Murray. High. L. I.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (34690 Pte D. Murray. High. L. I.)

Sold together with:

a). City of Edinburgh. Great War 'Peace' Tribute Medal. White metal

b). Scottish Masonic Jewel: Lodge Liberton 1201. Silver & enamel. With Scottish Edinburgh hallmarks for 1925 (D. Murray 1926)

c). Clan Murray Glengarry cap badge. White metal. Complete with hinged pin & clasp fittings

Note: The Edinburgh tribute medal, with reverse City Seal of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, with below 'Sir John Lorne Macleod, Lord Provost' and below the date 1919 and legend 'To Commemorate the Conclusion of the Great War'.

Medals verification: The Great War medals confirmed as the recipient's full medal entitlement for the Great War per the respective campaign medal roll of the Highland Light Infantry, reference WO 329/1813. Douglas was also awarded a Silver War Badge (No 224815) reference the SWB roll WO 329/3199

Douglas Murray, son of Andrew Murray (a Tinsmith) & Ann Murray (nee Chrichton), was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was born in, 1892. The 1901 National Census for Scotland records Douglas, living at, 9 Caldeonian Road, Edinburgh, with his mother (Head of House) and elder siblings, sister, Ann E. Murray (14), & brother, John Murray (11). Douglas first enlisted in the British Army on, 1 April 1917, and was posted to the Highland Light Infantry. Sometime after completion of his basic training Douglas embarked for overseas service and entered theatre of war 'France' . sometime on or after 1 January 1916, at which time he was serving with a battalion of the Highland Light Infantry and holding the regimental number 34690. Douglas was later transferred to the Labour Corps with which unit he was allocated the regimental number 224815. Douglas Murray took his final discharge from the British Army on, 8 May 1919, due to “No longer physically fit for war service"

Lodge Liberton 1201: The Lodge was first formed within a year of the end of the Great War (1914-18), from Brethren who had become friendly whilst serving together in the local Volunteer Defence Corps. When the war ended, and the platoon faced disbandment, those who were Freemasons realised that the formation of a local Lodge would serve to continue their comradeship. From 1919 until 1965, Lodge Liberton met in the Anderson Hall, belonging to Liberton Kirk (whose outline forms the Lodge crest) The Lodge then acquired a small hall in Mount Vernon Road Edinburgh, some 200 yards away, and, after extending the hall, has met there to this day.
Although many of the Lodge members are still drawn from the former villages of the Liberton and Gilmerton area, just as those villages are now part of the City of Edinburgh, so the Lodge has a much wider outlook and welcomes visitors from far and wide

Condition: GVF

Code: 22266