Ivy May Mildred Murray was born on 14 May 1927 the youngest of the four children of Hugh Murray (1882-1962) and Caroline Murray née Tyler (1889-1940). Her birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1927 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London.
When the England and Wales Register was compiled on 29 September 1939 it confirmed her date of birth and showed that she was still at school. She was living at 10a Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, with her father who was listed an export packer furniture, her mother who was a cleaner at a canteen and two of her siblings; Hugh George Charles Murray (1920-1940) - a waiter at a canteen and Rose Lillian Gladys Murray (1922-1984) - a flour packer. The family later moved to 85 Satchwell Road, Bethnal Green.
She, together with her mother and her brother, Hugh George Charles Murray, were killed when a German bomb was dropped on the Columbia Market air raid shelter on the night of 7th/8th September 1940. Her death was registered, aged 13 years, in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London and her on 17 September 1940 in the , Sebert Road, London, E7 0NP.
She is shown as 'MURRAY Ivy 13' on the Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial in the Rose Garden, Old Market Square, Ravenscroft Park, London, E2.
She is also commemorated on the , on the and in that is kept just outside the entrance to St George's Chapel at the west end of Westminster Abbey.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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