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Serjeant JOHN MURPHY

Service Number: 4532858
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

VIII. G. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards British Empire Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Peter and Alice Murphy; husband of Elizabeth Ann Murphy, of West Harton, South Shields, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH. HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1138
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