Murray, Max - T/4
Written by the editorial staff at the MD44 press office!
Oh dear… here we go. Where do I start with Max… our loveable buffoon! Even when he’s doing some idiotic, you can’t help but love him and even I would feel bad telling him off… and I’m a heartless bastard! Max usually has us banging our heads on the table at some of his daft comments, or laughing our arses off. That is when he’s not being put in the infraction book for saying things that he is not allowed to say, which at this rate will include every single month of the year. When given a question about if he can attend a show in any month, his reply would always be, I will be there in September. Nobody was asking about that show. Eventually we got fed up with this. So he was banned from saying the word September… he couldn’t remember this rule and said it again… HURRAH cake for everyone! Thanks Max. Although next event you owe the group a crate of coke and a cake (02-03-2022). Being currently the only person to make it into the infraction book TWICE!
Whilst he’s not recalling all the months of the year to us in an effort to fatten us all up like a Xmas turkey, Max can be found at work and his job… a Microwave technician; or a ‘cook’ in public house at Normanton on soar as normal people may call it. He studied catering at Loughborough College. Although we are still waiting to see any sort of evidence of his cooking skills out in field, if you need some ‘Hexi’ lighting Max, I’m sure Callum would give you a hand. When not at work Max is probably with his girlfriend Jode, who was one of those willing volunteers who wrote period letters to Max as a surprise during one event. Not only that but his family sent a HUGE
parcel that I had to hide from him and everyone else until it was time to distribute the mail. He asked me what was inside “how the hell should I know” was my reply. He was utterly baffled as he carried this huge parcel away from my desk. It contained all sorts of food and other really useful goodies like candles. Not that he share any of the food with anyone in MD44!
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Max was one of the founding members of MD44 and was new to re-enacting/living history like a few of the other members. Just like the others he was at the bottom of two sharp learning curves, first of the re-enacting world and the 101st/502nd PIR learning curve that we’ve all had to climb. During the early re-shuffle he went from Bazooka-man to T4 radioman at company HQ and is working on the BC1000 set being converted from a British Army Set that I started; before losing all interest and patience. An interesting to role that is hardly documented at all in Normandy and the only photos we can find are of the 82nd with the BC1000 and there are NONE of the 101st with them.
Max like many MD44 members is full of……. CHARACTER! He has the momentary flashes of genuinely hysterical lines. One that is repeated by my Son’s girlfriend… she has never even met Max! She even does his voice impersonation too “can I touch your boobs now please?”… which won’t mean a damn thing to anyone reading this, however. Say that line out loud slowly whilst holding your nose and it’ll resemble the creepy way it should
be said. Another of his antics came after I scared the life out of him about 4am. For some reason he was outside the stable block we were sleeping in smoking. I woke up needing a piss… not wanting to get out my nice warm
sleeping bag, I jumped through the stables like I was in a sack race and to the door. Max then turned around as I was leaping towards him at some speed! He looked terrified as I made him jump… much to my amusement I had my piss and went back to bed. I won’t go into details of the very odd conversation that he started when we all got hunkered down to sleep earlier that evening… it involved anacondas and certain members ‘members’ being so long that they could take themselves to the toilet! I do worry about the guys in the group sometimes!
As well as having a weird obsession with months of the year and members members… he also has a fondness for guitars. Although we have no idea if he can actually play one or not though, however there are quite a few photos on facist book of him with them. Although Max likes to volunteer to help with things and I know his heart is in the right place… I’m still waiting for some research he agreed to do on the 13th December 2020! Yes, Max… I haven’t forgotten.
Although Max struggles to get to many events, his presence is always missed when he’s not there! Max… learn to drive FFS!
Birthday – 28th May
In infraction book – yes
Why? – Constantly saying the names of months!
Smokes - yes
