Archibald Murray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Archibald Murray

British army officer, 1860 –1945

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1860

Place of Birth: Kingsclere, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1945

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

General Sir Archibald James Murray, (23 April 1860 – 21 January 1945) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War.
He was Chief of Staff to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in August 1914 but appears to have suffered a physical breakdown in the retreat from Mons, and was required to step down from that position in January 1915.
After serving as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff for much of 1915, he was briefly Chief of the Imperial General Staff from September to December 1915.
He was subsequently Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from January 1916 to June 1917, in which role he laid the military foundation for the defeat and destruction of the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant.