James Wolfe Murray

Captain James Wolfe Murray, D.S.O., R.N. (9 June, 1880 – 16 November, 1930) served in the Royal Navy.

In 1927, he requested that his name be changed to James Wolfe-Murray.

Life & Career

Murray was born in Surrey, the son of a Major in the Royal Artillery.

Murray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 September, 1902.

Murray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 September, 1910.

Great War

Murray was appointed as gunnery officer to Cornwall on 8 January, 1912. On 3 January, 1914, he advanced to be her first officer. He would be in her during the Battle of the Falklands.

Murray was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914. and left Cornwall on 4 January, 1915. On the 23rd became executive officer in the battleship Cæsar, remaining there until being superseded on 21 December.

Later in the war, he was executive officer in the battleship Swiftsure and the armoured cruiser Suffolk.

Post-war

Murray was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1920.

Murray was appointed in command of the light cruiser Colombo in April, 1923. He would spend two years in this command, his ship stationed in the East Indies.

Wolfe-Murray was placed on the Retired List as being medically unfit owing to tuberculosis on 30 August, 1929. He succumbed on on 16 November of the following year as reported in The Times on the 18th.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Norway, Sweden and Denmark 8 Dec, 1920 – 1 Dec, 1921	Succeeded by Hector Boyes
Preceded by ?	Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia 1 Dec, 1921 – 27 Feb, 1923	Succeeded by Wion de M. Egerton
Preceded by Archibald Cochrane	Captain of H.M.S. Colombo 19 Apr, 1923 – Jul, 1925	Succeeded by Hugh T. England
Preceded by Benjamin W. Barrow	Captain of H.M.S. Ark Royal 23 Aug, 1926 – 21 Nov, 1926	Succeeded by James W. Murray
Preceded by Maitland W. S. Boucher	Captain of H.M.S. Argus 21 Nov, 1926 – 17 Jan, 1927	Succeeded by Alexander R. Palmer
Preceded by James W. Murray	Captain of H.M.S. Ark Royal 17 Jan, 1927 – 23 Jan, 1928	Succeeded by John F. Finlayson
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Kent 23 Jan, 1928 – Jun, 1929	Succeeded by Edward W. Kitson