Private William C Murray

William Chesney Murray, of Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire, enlisted in the East Lancashire Regiment and then volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Murray successfully completed his parachute training at RAF Ringway on course number 88 from 18 to 30 October 1943. His course report stated “Keen, hard worker, made good progress”. He was posted to 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion, and took part in the Ardennes campaign.

Pte Murray died of wounds on 3 January 1945, aged 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Groesbeek Memorial to the missing.

If you are part of Pte Murray’s family and would like to complete this biography, you can apply to the curator to do so. To do this you will need to become a member of ParaData and select the 'friend or family member' option on the registration form. If you would like to find out more about becoming a member please visit our registration page.

Members of ParaData can submit their material by clicking on the 'add your info' button below.