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{{short description| SHORT DESCRIPTION =Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}▼
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|df=y|February 1859}}
| death_date = {{Death- date and age|df=yes|19 July 1942|February 07|19|1859|02}}
| birth_place = [[Cork City]], Ireland
| death_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland
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| battles = [[First Boer War]]
| awards = [[Image:UK Victoria Cross (UK) ribbon bar.pngsvg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
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'''James Murray''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (February 1859 – 19 July 1942) was an Irish recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.
 
Murray was born in St Michael's Parish, [[Cork (city)|Cork City]], Ireland. He was approximately 21 years old, and a [[Lance-Corporal]] in the 2nd Battalion, [[The Connaught Rangers]], [[British Army]] during the [[First Boer War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 16 January 1881 at [[Alberton, South Africa|Elandsfontein]], near [[Pretoria]], South Africa, Lance-Corporal Murray and [[John Danaher (VC)|John Danaher]], a trooper of Nourse's Horse, advanced for 500 yards under heavy fire from a party of about 60 of the enemy and brought out of action a private who had been severely wounded.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25084|startpagepage=1130|date=14 March 1882|accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref>
 
He died in [[Dublin]] on 19 July 1942. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[National Army Museum]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], England.
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*''[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]]'' (1981, 1988 and 1997)
*{{cite journal|first=Brian D. H.|last=Clarke|title=A register of awards to Irish-born officers and men|journal=[[The Irish Sword]]|volume=XVI|issue=64|pages=185–287|year=1986}}
*''[[Ireland's VCs]]'' {{ISBN |1-899243-00-3}} (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
*''[[Monuments to Courage]]'' (David Harvey, 1999)
*''[[Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross]]'' (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
 
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041216133030/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/dublin.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Dublin)''
 
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| NAME =Murray, James
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▲| SHORT DESCRIPTION =Recipient of the Victoria Cross
| DATE OF BIRTH =1859
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Cork City]], Ireland
| DATE OF DEATH =19 July 1942
| PLACE OF DEATH =[[Dublin]], Ireland
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[[Category:British military personnel of the First Boer War]]
[[Category:Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery]]
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[[Category:First Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
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