Leonard W. Murray
| Leonard Warren Murray | |
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29 July 1942 – Rear Admiral L.W. Murray presenting awards to crew members of the destroyer HMCS St. Croix, which sank the German submarine U-90 on 24 July 1942.
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| Born | 22 June 1896 Granton, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 25 November 1971 (aged 75) Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
| Allegiance |
 Canada
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Canadian Navy
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| Years of service | 1911–1946 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMCS Saguenay HMCS Assiniboine Newfoundland Escort Force Mid-Ocean Escort Force Commander-in-Chief Canadian Northwest Atlantic |
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Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Croix de guerre (France) Legion d'Honneur (France) Legion of Merit (United States) Haakon VII's Freedom Cross (Norway) |
Rear Admiral Leonard Warren Murray, CB, CBE (22 June 1896 – 25 November 1971) was an officer of the Royal Canadian Navy who played a significant role in the Battle of the Atlantic. He commanded the Newfoundland Escort Force from 1941–1943, and from 1943 to the end of the war was Commander-in-Chief, Canadian Northwest Atlantic. He was the only Canadian to command an Allied theatre of operations during World War I or World War II.
Leonard Warren Murray was born at Granton, Nova Scotia on 22 June 1896. His father Simon Dickson Murray (1859–1936) was a direct descendant of the Scottish immigrants who travelled to Pictou County on the Hector in 1773, and his mother was Jane Falconer (1868–1968). Simon was mid-level manager in various enterprises in Pictou Landing, and Leonard grew up close to the water. At 14 years of age, Murray left Pictou Academy to join the first intake of 21 recruits into the Royal Naval College of Canada in Halifax, which had just been created by the Naval Service Act of 4 May 1910.
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