Robert was born at Kirkbraefoot Cottage, Main Street, Inverkip on 10th March 1893. His parents were Alexander and Elizabeth (m/s Stout) who were married on the Isle of Bute in 1875. Robert was the youngest of 9 children and was a gardener at the Ardgowan Estate.

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On 4th September 1914, Robert married Jessie Keir Jack Forbes, a dairymaid from Airdrie. They had two children, Alexander born in 1914 and Margaret (Peggy) born in 1917.

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Robert served in the 8th Battalion Black Watch and was killed on 21st March 1918. He is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial and the Inverkip Memorial.

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It appears Jessie returned to North Lanarkshire while her husband was on active service. She remarried on 30th December 1923 to Peter Penman. They had 3 children; Helen, Jessie and Janet (Nettie).

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Grateful thanks to Tom Murdoch, Private Robert Murdoch's grandson for the photograph and additional information on the family.