Born: 18/08/1873, S Ronaldsay [b. IGI, SI 1873/29//49]
Died: 16/05/1915, KIA - France [Gravestone, St Peters. CWG]

Father: Magnus Sinclair NORQUAY
Mother: Elizabeth Hossack ANDERSON

Married:

Children:

Notes:
Company Seargant Major, Glasgow Highlanders

01/04/1881 Resident at Stews, ED (7), S Ronaldsay [Census: 1881 - 29/7/50]
1. James Norquay, 62, Head, M, Farmer of 37 acres, S Ronaldsay
2. Margaret Norquay, 71, Wife, M, , S Ronaldsay
3. Magnus Norquay, 37, Son, M, , S Ronaldsay
4. Elizabeth H Norquay, 30, Daughter in Law, M, , Burray
5. James Norquay, 8, GrandSon, , Scholar, S Ronaldsay
6. Magnus Norquay, 7, GrandSon, , Scholar, S Ronaldsay
7. William Norquay, 3, GrandSon, , , S Ronaldsay
8. Mary Ann Norquay, 0, GrandDaughter, , ( 9 months ), S Ronaldsay
9. Jane W B Rory, 17, Servant, um, General Servant, S Ronaldsay

01/04/1891 Resident at 3 Main St, ED (1), Kirkwall [Census: 1891 - 21/1/4]
1. Barbara Sinclair, 39, Head, M, , Burray
2. Lizzie Sinclair, 14, Daughter, um, Dressmakers App, Burray
3. Maggie Sinclair, 9, Daughter, , Scholar, Kirkwall
4. Minna Sinclair, 9, Daughter, , Scholar, Kirkwall
5. Robert Sinclair, 8, Son, , Scholar, Kirkwall
6. Daisy Sinclair, 4, Daughter, , , Kirkwall
7. John Johnstone, 18, Boarder, um, Grocers App, Burray
8. Magnus Norquoy, 17, Boarder, um, Apprentice Clerk, Burray

16/05/1915 Death [CWG 188105121]
Debt of Honour Register. In Memory of MAGNUS S. NORQUOY. Company Serjeant Major, 491, 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn., Highland Light Infantry. who died on Sunday 16 May 1915. Cemetery: LE TOURET MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France Grave or Reference Panel Number: Panel 37 and 38 Location: Le Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military Cemetery, on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road. From Bethune follow the signs for Armentieres until you are on the D171. Continue on this road through Essars and Le Touret village. Approximately 1 kilometre after Le Touret village and about 5 kilometres before you reach the intersection with the D947, Estaires to La Bassee road, the Cemetery lies on the right hand side of the road. The Memorial takes the form of a loggia surrounding an open rectangular court. The court is enclosed by three solid walls and on the eastern side by a colonnade. East of the colonnade is a wall and the colonnade and wall are prolonged northwards (to the road) and southwards, forming a long gallery. Small pavilions mark the ends of the gallery and the western corners of the court. The names of those commemorated are listed on panels set into the walls of the court and the gallery, arranged by Regiment, Rank and alphabetically by surname within the rank. Over 13,000 names are listed on the memorial of men who fell in this area before 25 September 1915 and who have no known grave. Visiting Information: The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels. Historical Information: The Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, is one of those erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to record the names of the officers and men who fell in the Great War and whose graves are not known. It serves the area enclosed on the North by the river Lys and a line drawn from Estaires to Fournes, and on the South by the old Southern boundary of the First Army about Grenay; and it covers the period from the arrival of the II Corps in Flanders in 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos. It does not include the names of officers and men of Canadian or Indian regiments; they are found on the Memorials at Vimy and Neuve-Chapelle.

Gravestone [St Peters, S Ronaldsay] In loving memory of MAGNUS S NORQUAY died 10th May 1890 aged 46 years. ELIZABETH HOSSACK, his wife, died 9th June 1890 aged 40 years. Also their children SINCLAIR A NORQUAY died 23rd June 1875 aged 3 mon, JOHN NORQUAY died 17th May 1879 aged 3 years. Also JAMES NORQUOY, beloved husband of MARGARET A E ANNAL, died 26th Nov 1944 aged 72 years. Also the above MARGARET A E ANNAL died 29th Nov 19[?]0 aged 76 years. [North face] Also JOHN A NORQUAY who died 17th June 1896 aged 8 years. Interred in Naval Cemetery, Gillingham, Chatham, WILLIAM NORQUAY, Warrant Officer, Royal Navy, born 16th February 1878 died 13th June 1910. Also MAGNUS S NORQUOY, Seaman, eldest son of J & M NORQUOY, who died in Cardiff through accident abord the SS Tynemouth 26th March 1915 aged 20 years. His sister MARGARET died in London 14th Feby 1944 aged 35 years. [South face] Also Company Sergeant Major MAGNUS S NORQUOY, Glasgow Highlanders, killed in action in France 16th May 1915 aged 41 years.

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