Francois Guillaume P. MURAILLE - London 1/25th Regt

Private Francis Guillaume Pierie Muraille died at Dera Ismail Khan on 18th August 1917, after suffering from jaundice. He went all through the stunt, and then was sent to D. I. K. on trial as a Motor Ambulance Corps driver. Soon afterwards he had to go sick, for the first time since leaving Jullundur. Ha was an all round-sportsman, making a good back at hockey, and being one of the Battalion Cricket Team. Since our arrival in India he was sent on a Cookery Course, at Poona, and passed out well. His comrades were always thankful when they knew he was to be one of their piquet. He seemed to take rather naturally to soldiering, probably owing to the fact that his father served in the French Army.
[The Londoner - Vol.2, No. 2 page 36.]

Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19

Muraille, Francois Guillaume, resident Brixton, enlisted Fulham, 740865, L/Cpl., died in India, 18 Aug 1917.

['Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19', Vol. 10, Part 76, Page 207, 25th (County of London) Battalion (Cyclists), pub. 1921 by His Majesty's Stationary Office]

In Memory of

Lance Corporal Francois Guillaume P. MURAILLE

740865, 25th Bn., London Regiment (Cyclists)

who died on 18 August 1917

(Buried Dera Ismail Khan Cem. 52.)

Remembered with honour Delhi Memorial (India Gate) Face 23.

Of the servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave. The Delhi Memorial (India Gate) stands at the eastern end of the Rajpath, or Kingsway.

[Courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission]