MURRAY, William
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Rank:
Acting Temporary Corporal
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 106801
Honours & Awards:
Corporal William Murray was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for outstanding gallantry in Sicily while serving in a Marine Commando, in leading an assault with fixed bayonets against an enemy machine gun post and in carrying the attack through with success in spite of a serious wound in the left eye.
Sources London Gazette 36275, page 5334. National Archives file WO 373/47/140.Archive pages :
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