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In Eton College Chapel*, Berkshire. The photo is reproduced by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. Copyright remains with Eton College.
*The full title is 'The Chapel of the King’s College of our Lady of Eton beside Windsor.’

Berenice
The Palmer roll says: 2nd Lt. Alastair Heneage Murray, Grenadier Guards, died 3 June 1900 from wounds received in action at Biddulphburg, 29th May. He was the eldest son of C.J.Murray, Esq., MP for Coventry and of Lady Anne Murray, was born in April 1878 and educated at Eton (Mr.Broadbent's). He entered the Grenadier Guards from the 3rd Bn., Seaforth Highlanders, November 1899. During the battle at which 2nd Lt. Murray was mortally wounded, he received a compound fracture of the thigh and was severely burned by the fire on the veldt.
Regards
IL.

ST. GREGORY'S CHURCH,
VILLAGE STREET,
OFFCHURCH,
WARWICK,
WARWICKSHIRE,
CV33 9AP.
ENGLAND.

ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID REFERENCE:SP3581365657.


St. Gregory's Church.


Entrance open during the day to the public.


The memorial sculpture to Alasdair Heanage Murray is mounted on the wall to the left of the aisle.

The memorial is a wall mounted sculpture of a man in armour holding a diamond shaped shield.
The armoured figure surmounts a base and plinth which is supported by a stone bracket.





The base is inscripted thus:

"TO THE GLORY OF GOD"(black ink).

"AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALASDAIR HENEAGE MURRAY
GRENADIER GUARDS BORN APRIL
24 1878 DIED ON JUNE 2 1900 AT
SENEKAL S. AFRICA
OF WOUNDS
RECEIVED IN ACTION " (red ink)

"GO ON GRENADIERS"(black ink).

See also: www.tracesofwar.com/sights/120743/Memori...r-Heneage-Murray.htm