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Cpl. James William Murphy

British Army 1st Airborne Division Workshops Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

from:Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

(d.25th-26th Sept 1944)

James Murphy was born in 1910 to a Catholic family in Jesmond, Newcastle. His birth surname was Myock. His father, Tom Murphy, was a boxing promoter and his brother Dennis served in the RAF. James was an engineer in the 1st Airborne Division and took part in Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Sadly, he was presumed to have been killed during the evacuation of Arnhem on the 25th or 26th of September 1944. His body was never recovered, although he has a headstone at Oosterbeek War Cemetery. James was 34 at the time of his death and left behind his wife Ellen and their daughter Margaret.



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