Born: 28 January 1900; Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh
Died: 18 October 1918; Upavon, Wiltshire
Other:
GEORGE VICTOR MUIR was born 28 Jan 1900 at Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, to parents John,
a brewer's agent, and Elizabeth Paterson Hughson (who
married in the Queen Hotel, St. Colm Street, Edinburgh on 20 Mar 1899). He died as a result of an
aeroplane accident during training on 18 Oct 1918 in Upavon, Wiltshire, and is
buried at Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh.
George attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh,
and later Edinburgh University, and is named on the rolls of honour of both:-
George Watson’s College Roll Of
Honour A son of
the late J. Muir, Edin., was born in 1900, and attended G.W.C. 1906-17, where
he played Rugby and cricket. After training in the E.U.O.T.C., in 1918 he
joined the R.A.F. While a Cdt., he was killed at Upavon, Wiltshire, in an
aeroplane collision. A particularly bright and cheerful boy, he was a leading
member of St. Matthew's (Edin.) Literary Society.
Edinburgh University Roll Of
The Fallen MUIR,
GEORGE VICTOR (b. 1901)
George
Watson's College. Edinburgh University
O.T.C. Infantry, Oct 1917 to Jan 1918, Cadet.
Royal Air Force, Officer Cadet Jan 1918; 2nd Lieut. Oct 1918. Killed in an aeroplane accident in the south
of England on 18 October 1918
George’s paternal grandfather, also
George Muir, was a farmer of 40 acres, tenant at Underbank Farm, West Kilbride,
where George’s father John was brought up.
In the 1901 Census, George, aged 1, is at 42 Leamington Terrace,
Morningside, Edinburgh with parents John (49,
b. West Kilbride, brewer's traveller) and Elz. P. (38, b. Edinburgh)
The 1905 Valuation Rolls show John
Muir, owner occupier of Rockhaven (office, grounds & house). In the 1915 Valuation Rolls, the owner
occupier of Rockhaven is Elizabeth Paterson Hughson or Muir, widow of 42
Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh (John died in 1909). By 1920, Rockhaven is owned by someone else.
OBITUARY
Glasgow Herald, 21 October 1918
At
Upavon, Wilts (result of an accident), on 18th last, George Victor Muir, Second
Lieut., R.A.F., aged 18, dearly beloved
elder son of the late John Muir and of Mrs Muir, 42 Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh,
and Rockhaven, Fairlie, Ayrshire
SERVICE RECORD Student at George Watson's College,
Edinburgh 1906-1916; student at Edinburgh University 1916-1918; promoted 2nd
Lieut. 17 Oct 1918; killed in aeroplane accident 18/10/1918
