Name
William Gilmour Moore Orr
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/01/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Highland Light Infantry
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AMARA WAR CEMETERY
XXVII. B. 5.
Iraq
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 9 Sep 1894 in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina son of William G and Agnes Brisbane (Gallacher) Orr. Educated at Haileybury College 1908-12 and at City and Guilds College, University of London. He lived at Glengarry, Parkhill, Ealing.
Wartime Service
Wounded while leading his platoon in the advance on Kut-el-Amara and died of his wounds on the next day.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
