Career
Muir was 38 years old, and a major in the 1st battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise"s), British Army during the Korean War when the following deed took place during the Battle of Hill 282 for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 23 September 1950 near Songju, of Korea, there was difficulty in evacuating the wounded after a position had been captured, until Major Muir arrived with a stretcher party. When the enemy started to launch a series of attacks on the positions, the major took over command and after a direct hit from a fire bomb, causing further casualties, he led a counter-attack and the crest of the position was regained. mortar himself until he was mortally wounded. Initially buried in the Taegu Military Cemetery, his remains were exhumed and transferred to the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, of Korea, on 14 May 1951.
His name is also recorded on his father"s headstone at Saint Peter"s Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.