Registers of Soldiers' Effects: sole legatee widow, 'Lily (Hutchinson)'
Nottingham Evening Post, 30 October 1915: 'Murden died of wounds October 8th at Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, William, husband of Lily Murden, age 25 years.' (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, 16 November 1915, photograph with caption: ‘Sergt. W Murden 10th Scottish Rifles, 3 Grove St., Meadows. Died of wounds Oct. 8th.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 7 October 1916: ‘Murden. In loving memory of my dear husband, Sgt William Murden, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), died October 8th, 1915. His country called and he obeyed. From his loving wife and children, brothers and sisters.' (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 7 October 1916: ‘Murden. In loving memory of our dear brother, Sergt. W Murden, Scottish Rifles, died of wounds October 8th, 1915, age 25. A day of remembrance sad to recall. From his loving mother, father, brothers, sisters and grandma.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 8 October 1917: ‘Murden. In loving memory of my dear husband, Sergeant William Murden, Scottish Rifles, died of wounds October 8th, 1915. He died that we might live. Wife and children, mother, father, brothers, sisters.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 8 October 1918: ‘Murden. In loving memory of Sgt. William Murden, Scottish Rifles, died October 8th, 1915. Wife & children.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 8 October 1918: ‘Murden. In loving memory of Sgt William Murden, died of wounds October 8th 1915; also his dear grandma, Jane Murden, died November 27th, 1917. They miss them most who loved them best. Mother, father, brother Albert and Lottie.' (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Dedication on floral tribute left in Nottingham General Cemetery in 2017 in the area defined for veterans of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny: 'Sgt W Murden. Cameronian Scottish Rifles. Died 8.10.15. Age 25 years.' (Photographed December 2017)
A letter about her grandfather from William's granddaughter, Margaret Sonday, was published in the Nottingham Evening Post, 'Bygones', in November 2007.