Carrick man died in WW1 U-boat attack

Further to a World War One story in the TIMES (Thursday, September 25 2014) about the ‘Livebait Squadron’ in which Carrick man Henry McMurran was among those to die in a U-boat attack, Councillor John Stewart has shared this photograph.

By The Newsroom

Published 8th Nov 2014, 11:32 BST

Carrick man Henry McMurran (second row from the back, third from the right) with comrades at a Royal Navy sports club. INCT 40-706-CON

It shows Mr McMurran (second row from the back, third from the right) with comrades at a Royal Navy sports club.

Henry was the son of James and Margaret McMurran and brother of Martha, Maggie, Agnes, George and James, all of Sullatober Row.

Henry McMurran, Councillor Stewart noted, was the first naval man from Carrickfergus to be lost during the Great War after the cruiser HMS Cressy was torpedoed by German U-Boat U-9 in the North Sea.

Councillor Stewart is compiling a book about Carrickfergus soldiers who served during the Great War and the picture was passed on to for inclusion by Councillor Billy Hamilton, a grand nephew of Mr McMurran.

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