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Sergeant NEVILLE MURPHY

Service Number: 905357
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1940

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARNWOOD (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD

Row 17. New Sec. Grave 231.

United Kingdom

New photos of the heastone of Sergeant Neville Murphy in Barnwood (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, Gloucestershire, UK (CEM 8089) courtesy of Mr John Williams to replace earlier one he took in March 2013 which showed headstone immersed in standing water (asset #330941) - evidence of disturbance to surrounding turf is however still apparent

Photographer: Mr John Williams

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Ethel May Murphy, of Gloucester.
  • Personal Inscription MANY A HEARTACHE AND SILENT TEAR BUT A LOVING MEMORY OF HIM WE HELD DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BARNWOOD (ST. LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD
Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 15
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