A group of four to Captain F.W.S. Murray, 12th Lancers, who was killed in France in1914

QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lieut., 12 R. Lancers); 1914 STAR (Capt., 12/Lrs.); BRITISH WAR and VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.), mounted court style for display, the first polished, about very fine, the remainder good very fine (4)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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Captain Fane Wright Stapleton Murray was born in Hounslow in 1879, educated at Eton and commissioned into the 12th Lancers from the Militia in 1899, subsequently seeing service with his Regiment in the Boer War (medal and 4 clasps). He joined the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 and was shot through the heart in the trenches at Wytehaete, between St. Eloi and Messines, on 30 October. Due to the hurried evacuation of the Regiment in the incident concerned, Murray's body was never recovered.