BERKELEY Alfred Fitzhardinge Murray 2/Lt

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Surname: BERKELEY;

Forename(s): Alfred Fitzhardinge Murray;

Initials: AFM;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Barbados;

Enlistment Date: 31-Jan-1916;

Previous Number: 6946;

Previous Battalion: 2/28 of;

Previous Regiment: London Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 74 Coy;

Date abroad: 13-May-1917;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 07-Jun-1917;

Other Data: b 26/3/1896
Commsn 28/12/1916
See: History of 25 Div - p 118
Joined Coy 21/5/1917 (War Diary)
killed by a shell about 3am (War Diary) - with Lt R Gardner:
to No 1 O Cadet Bn 4/8/1916
letter: Killed by direct hit from shell - body mutilated;

Other Notes: BERKELEY, Second Lieutenant, ALFRED FITZHARDINGE MURRAY, 74th Coy. Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 7th June 1917. Age 21. Son of Alfred Pakenham Berkeley, 6th Bishop of Barbados, and Emily Berkeley Berkeley (nee Murray), of Bishopcourt, Barbados, British West Indies. II. C. 22. St.-Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery - Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium;

Related National Archives files: WO339/71281;

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