James Murly-Gotto

Name

James Murly-Gotto

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

20/08/1916
27

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Second Lieutenant
Royal Engineers
70th Field Company

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

Not Yet Researched

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
I. B. 45.
France

UK & Other Memorials

Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath

Pre War

Born on 29 Sept 1889 in Kensington son of Percy and Jane Tulloch Fieldes Murly-Gotto, of Woodhambury, Woking, Surrey. Educated at Haileybury College 1903-08, and Cambridge University. A.M.I.C.E. Worked as a civil engineer in Rio de Janeiro from 1913. Returned in order to apply for a commission in R.E.

Wartime Service

Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers on 12 Nov 1915. Died of wounds.

Acknowledgments

Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour