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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 192

The group of three to Captain R. A. C. Murray, Seaforth Highlanders, younger brother to Captain F. W. S. Murray, who died of head wounds received on the opening day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle

1914 Star and clasp (Lieut: R. A. C. Murray. Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medal (Capt. R. A. C. Murray.), lightly polished, very fine and better (3)

Rupert Auriol Conant Gostling Murray was born on 29 September 1882 at Whitton Park, Hounslow, the third son of Colonel Charles Edward Gostling Murray. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Murray was gazetted to the Seaforth Highlanders on 22 October 1902, being made Lieutenant on 15 January 1908 and Captain on 22 October 1914. He went to France from India - where he developed a reputation as a good shot and big game hunter - serving with the British Expeditionary Force from 12 October 1914. He was severely wounded on 10 March 1915 when shot in the head during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, succumbing to his injuries the next day at Lilliers Hospital.

Buried at Lilliers cemetery, Murray left a young widow, Ivy, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Dering, tenth Baronet of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent, and a four-month old son, Ian Rupert Murray; sold with copied MIC and research.


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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£280