David Murray (RAF officer)

The Honourable David Murray
Born	1960 (age 56–57)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1980 - 2013
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Service number	8023715
Commands held	RAF Halton, Winchester Garrison
Battles/wars	Bosnia, Sierra Leone
Awards	Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice-Marshal David Paul Murray, CVO, OBE (born 1960) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Defence Services Secretary in the Royal Household from 2010 to 2012. He is currently the Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund.

The son of the late Baron Murray of Epping Forest, the former TUC General Secretary Len Murray, Murray was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 27 March 1980 in the rank of acting pilot officer. He was promoted to pilot officer on 27 September 1980 and to flying officer on 5 July 1982. Murray served as station commander RAF Halton and then at Worthy Down before becoming garrison commander at Winchester and then commandant of the Defence College of Police and Personnel Administration. Murray served on operational tours in the Falkland Islands, on UN peace-keeping duties in Bosnia and Sierra Leone. He also served in Africa, Australia, Cyprus and Germany. He became assistant chief of staff training in the RAF in 2006 and head of Ministry of Defence Personnel Strategy and Programmes in 2009 before he was promoted to air vice marshal in 2010 and appointed as Defence Services Secretary and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel). Murray led the Diamond Jubilee Armed Forces Parade and Muster in 2012. He officially retired from the Royal Air Force on 21 January 2013.

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