Murray, Reginald Edward, son of Edward Digby Murray, of Old Charlton, Kent, by Eleanor Bellas, daughter of Robert Chapman, of Old Charlton, Kent; b. Oct. 24, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); left July 1896; a journalist; m. Nov. 10, 1914, Beatrice Adelaide, daughter of George Richardson, of Southwark; d. Feb. 22, 1927.
Murray, Kenneth Desmond, brother of Robert Howson Murray (q.v.); b. June 30, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; Mure Scholar 1908; Captain of the School 1909; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1911; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1912; 2nd Lieut. 9th (Serv.) Batt. East Surrey Regt. Dec. 22, 1914; went out to the western front Aug. 1915; killed in action at Loos Sept. 25, 1915.
Murray, Kenneth Andrew Silver, son of the Rev. Arthur Silver Murray, Vicar of Horningsham, Wilts, by Rose Evelyn, daughter of Henry Richard Woodhouse, of London; b. June 9, 1904; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (G); left March 1918; d. 9 Nov. 1991.
MURRAY, JOHN MURRAY, eldest son of Maj. Adolphus Murray (formerly Cottin), [check regt. ?], Ardeley Bury, Herts., Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide, and Susannah Catherine Saunders, dau. of John Murray, Ardeley Bury, Herts.; b. 22 Jan 1834; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); Cadet, EICS Bengal 1853; Cornet, 4 Dec 1853; 6th Light Cavalry 15 May 1854; Lieut., 24 Dec 1855; d. at Nynee Tal, India 14 Apr 1856.
Murray, John Alan Colin, son of Capt. George Shirley Kilby and Gladys Grace, d. of Keith William Murray, Portcullis Poursuivant, and grand-daughter of William Powell Murray (qv); b. 19 Apr. 1920; assumed the name of Murray in lieu of Kilby 1932; adm. Jan. 1933 (R); left Dec. 1934; HLI 1940-2 (Lieut.), attd Army Film Unit; killed in action (Middle East) June 1942.
John Alan Colin Kilby was born at Kensington, London on the 19th of April 1920 the only son of Captain George Shirley Kilby, 11th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), and Gladys Grace (nee Murray) Kilby of 1, Winchester Court, Kensington in London. He assumed his mother’s maiden name of Murray in 1932, presumably because of his parent’s divorce in 1927. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from January 1933 to December 1934.
He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry on the 20th of April 1940. He was later attached to the Army Film and Photographic Unit where he served with No. 1 Section.
On the 27th of May 1942, the Afrika Corps launched an attack on the left flank of the British held Gazala Line at Bir Hacheim. This was the first time the Army Film and Photographic Unit had found the opportunity to film a major battle. On the 30th of May, John Murray visited the Headquarters of 50th Division and when he returned to the unit he wrote the following: - “It is indeed most depressing to make every effort to take good filmic photographs and to go into places where it is by no means healthy, and know that with a “dual” camera the efforts may be worthless. Sgts. Travis and Berman both seemed in good spirits, though sorry that they could not be in the attack.”
By the 8th of June, he and his men were with the South African Division where they were taking both still photographs and cine film. On the 9th of June 1942, John Murray and Lieutenant Graham had been filming during heavy fighting in the area of the Knightsbridge Box when they returned to their jeep. While travelling in the rear area of the British lines they entered an unmarked minefield and their jeep ran over a mine. Lieutenant Graham was unhurt but John Murray had received a wound to his neck and was bleeding profusely. Graham tried to stem the bleeding but the wound was too deep and John Murray died a few minutes later from loss of blood.
He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial Column 69.
MURRAY, JAMES PATRICK, only son of Gen. Hon. James Murray, Governor of Quebec, and his second wife Anne, dau. of Abraham Witham, Consul-Gen., Minorca; b. 21 Jan 1782; adm. 7 Jul 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Bartholomewtide 1797; Ensign, 44th Foot 1 Nov 1797; Lieut., 15 Mar 1798; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 9th Foot 26 Dec 1799; 66th Foot 9 Jul 1803; Maj., 9 Feb 1804; Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1809; 5th Garrison Bn., 2 Nov 1809; half-pay 6 Feb 1815; Brevet Col., 12 Aug 1819; Major-Gen., 22 Jul 1830; served in Netherlands and at the passage of the river Douro in Portugal; CB 8 Dec 1815; MP Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1802 – Feb 1803; m. 31 Jan 1803 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Rushworth MP, Freshwater House, isle of Wight; d. 5 Dec 1834.
Murray, Hamish Laurie, son of Harry Leonard Murray, tea planter, of Nugagalla, Sri Lanka, and Alison Katherine Lee, d. of Thomas Cameron Temple FRCS, of Shefford, Beds; b. 22 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1947; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1956; Bombay Co. Ltd. 1952-5; asst. sec. Brit. Aluminium Co. Quebec, Canada 1955-63; man. ITADCO divn. of Aerojet-General Corpn., Washington DC, USA, 1963-5; dir. and gen. man. Carter-Wallace (Pakistan) Ltd. Karachi 1967-74; budget specialist (Education and Labor Committee) US House of Representatives 1975, afterwards dir., House Information, House of Representatives, retd. 1994; m. 15 Apr. 1965 Catharine Jane, d. of Ray Fletcher Farquharson MBE, Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Toronto, Canada; d. 5 June 2003.
MURRAY, HON. GEORGE, son of David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 8 Apr 1780; adm. from Edinburgh High School Jun 1791; KS 1793; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 May 1797; Cornet, 2nd Life Guards 2 Dec 1795; Lieut., 24 Jan 1798; Capt., 4 Mar 1800; Maj. and Brevet Lieut. -Col., 20 Aug 1807; Col., 4 Jun 1814; Major-Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; served in Peninsular War; commanded 2nd Life Guards in campaigns of 1813-4; d. unm. 30 Sep 1848.
Murray, George William Welsh, son of George Robert Milne Murray, F.R.S., of Ealing, by Helen Jane Welsh; b. Sept. 9, 1885; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left July 1904; engaged on Survey of Egypt since Feb. 21, 1907; served in Great War I; political officer attached Northern Red Sea Patrol R.N. 1915; Capt. 7th Field Survey Co. R.E. Sinai and Palestine 1915-9; M.C. June 3, 1918 author of A Nubian-English Dictionary (1923); acting director, Egyptian Desert Surveys June 1, 1932; Founder's Medal, R.G.S., 1936; director, Topographical Survey of Egypt, 1937-47; technical adviser 1947-51; Membre de l'Institut d'Egypte 1938; m. July 22, 1926, Edith Agnes, daughter of William Douglas Cairney, of Glasgow; d. 1966.
Murray, George Andrew, son of George Alexander Murray of Hampstead and Jane Mildred, d. of George Crooks Baskett of Leeds; b. 15 Nov. 1905; adm. Jan. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1922; an electrical engineer, GIEE 1933, AMIEE 1942, FIEE 1960; Admiralty Mining Establishment 1939- 46; dir. Murray Munro & Co. 1946-70; m. Nov. 1933 Edna Almurta, d. of Thomas Bradshaw of Alice Springs, Australia; d. 23 Aug. 1987.