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From the Archives or Detective Sergeant Murray
COURTESY WILLIAM MURRAY
The late Edmund Murray, a longtime member of the Churchill Society (UK), was the longest-serving of Churchill’s bodyguards, longer even than the legendary Walter Thompson (FH #119). Sergeant Murray arrived at Chartwell in 1950 and did not leave his post until Sir Winston’s death in 1965. Eddie Murray was a frequent speaker at UK events and readers may wish to refer to our publication Churchill Proceedings 1992-1993 for his outstanding recollection of “The Churchill I Knew” at the Ninth International Churchill Conference in England in 1992.
By courtesy of his son, we publish two unique mementoes of the Bermuda Summit half a century ago: the first is a photograph of the three statesmen—Churchill, Eisenhower and Laniel—at the Mid Ocean Club during the conference; the second a commemorative cachet with a special postmark which Eddie sent to his wife Beryl. Similarly, the Bermuda Post Office cancelled all outgoing mail with a special postmark during the 2003 International Churchill Conference.
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