 He toured the US and Canada during 1914, and for some time was with the band of the Grenadier Guards in France during the war.On 5 August 1915 Murdoch married Ellen Josephine Tuckfield in London.Murdoch gave recitals in Scandinavia in 1918 and in the following year began his long association with the violinist Albert Sammons, which developed into the formation of the "Chamber Music Players".