Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookFrance, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 21 Oct. 1914, while leading his company in an attack; _unm._ He was buried near Ypres on the road to St. Julien and Poelcapelle. Lieut.-Col. Davies, in command of the 2nd Battn., wrote: "He will be a great loss to us both personally and as a soldier. He died gallantly doing his duty in leading his men on to the attack"; and Lieut. Wingfield: "He died bravely a brave man's death, and his last moments made me very proud of him as a brother officer." [Illustration: =Christopher F. Murphy.=] =MURPHY, GEORGE PATRICK=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21976, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MURPHY, JOACHIM=, Private, No. 696, C Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., eldest _s._ of Joseph Murphy, of St. John's, Newfoundland, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Patrick Dunn, of Mundy's Pond; _b._ St. John's, aforesaid, 16 July, 1896; educ. Christian Brothers School there; and on leaving in 1908 entered the employ of the Colonial Cordage Company; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2 Sept. 1914; left for England, 4 Feb. 1915, went to the Dardanelles, 16 Oct. and died on board the Hospital Ship Morea, 7 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action on the 5th. Volunteers were called for to go to the assistance of some men on Cariboo Hill; Murphy formed one of them and though they were successful in their object, they suffered heavily--Murphy was hit in eight or nine places. He was buried at sea; _unm._ [Illustration: =Joachim Murphy.=] =MURPHY, JOHN=, Private, No. 189, 25th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; _s._ of John Murphy, of Keane's Lane, Boherbee, Tralee, co. Kerry, by his wife, Julia, dau. of (--) Tobin; _b._ Tralee, Aug. 1885; educ. Strand Street School there; was for nine years in the employ of Messrs. Baily, of Tralee, Government Contractors, and went to Brisbane about 1910; on the outbreak of war joined the Australian Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Apex Chailak Dere, Gallipoli, 7 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was buried there the same evening at 7.30 p.m. His brother Maurice was killed at the Battle of Mons, and his uncle Michael at Ypres. Another uncle served with the Expeditionary Force in France, was wounded and invalided home, and later was sent to the Dardanelles. =MURPHY, JOHN CORNELIUS MATTHIAS=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17860, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MURPHY, JOHN FRANCIS=, Ship's Cook, 347632, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MURPHY, MAURICE=, Private, No. 10158, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, _s._ of John Murphy, of Keane's Lane, Boherbee, Tralee, co. Kerry, etc. (see under Private John Murphy); _b._ at Boherbee, Tralee, 1896; killed in action at the Battle of Mons, Aug. 1914; _unm._ =MURPHY, MICHAEL=, L.-Corpl., No. 2786, 1st Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, _s._ of John Murphy, of Tralee, and uncle of John and Maurice Murphy (see their notices); _b._ Tralee about 1884; educ. Christian Brothers School there, and was killed in action at Ypres, 12 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Tralee, Ellenor Hannah (2, Keane's Lane, Boherbee, Tralee), dau. of (--), and had two children. =MURPHY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., 1.C. 589, late B. 8132), S.S. 103963, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MURPHY, WALTER LEONARD=, Private, No. 407, B Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of John Joseph Murphy, of 20, Buchanan Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, Checker, Reid Newfoundland Railway Co., by his wife, Alice, dau. of Peter Hamilton, of Carbonear, Newfoundland; _b._ Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, 6 April, 1897; educ. Roman Catholic Academy there, and Christian Brothers' (Holy Cross) Schools, St. John's; was in the employ of Messrs. James Baird, Ltd., of St. John's, but on the outbreak of the European War resigned his post and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. 16 Aug. 1914; left for England on steamship Florizel, 4 Oct. 1914, and died at Mudros, 29 Sept. 1915, of dysentery contracted while on active service in Gallipoli; _unm._ He was a keen student, and won many prizes and honours in his schools; was a pianist of no mean ability, a good all-round sportsman and an expert in amateur photography. His brother, Private Michael Patrick Murphy, Canadian Infantry, is now (1916) on active service in France. =MURRAY, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 535, 5th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Donald Murray, of The Poles, Dornoch, by his wife Isabella (The Poles, Dornoch, Sutherland), dau. of Lewis Grant; _b._ Bernarmin, Clyne, co. Sutherland, 19 May, 1895; educ. Dornoch; joined the 5th Seaforths, March, 1912; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action near Festubert, 8 June, 1915; _unm._ =MURRAY, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2883, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MURRAY, ARTHUR JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4800), S.S. 104146, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MURRAY, CHARLES JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Charles Archibald Murray, of Taymount Stanley, co. Perth [grandson of David William, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, K.T.], and only _s._ by his second wife, Blanche, 5th dau. of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Bart.; _b._ Taymount, co. Perth, 1 Dec. 1881, educ. Haileybury College; joined the Black Watch Militia in Dec. 1899; gazetted Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 4 Dec. 1901; and promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. 1904; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in operations in Cape Colony in May (Queen's medal with two clasps); was A.D.C. to High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, N. Nigeria, 10 March, 1907, to 6 May, 1908, to Governor and Commander-in-Chief, N. Nigeria, 7 May, 1908 to 1909, and subsequently to Governor of East African Protectorate, 1909-12, when he resigned his commission to take up farming, and the breeding and training of horses there. On the outbreak of war he returned to England, and rejoined the Coldstream Guards at Windsor, 19 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for France, 7 Oct. following, and was killed in action when leading an attack on Poezelhoek, near Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Charles John Murray.=] =MURRAY, FANE WRIGHT STAPLETON=, Capt., 12th Royal Lancers, eldest _s._ of the late Col. Charles Edward Gostling Murray, of Whitton Park, Hounslow, and the Moat, Charing, Kent, J.P., D.L. [grandson of the Right Rev. Lord George Murray, Bishop of St. David's, 2nd _s._ of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl, K.T.], by his 2nd wife, Margaret Frances Elizabeth, only dau. of the Rev. John William Conant; _b._ Whitton Park, Hounslow, 16 Oct. 1879; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 12th Lancers from the Militia, 20 Dec. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 3 Oct. 1900, Capt. 27 Nov. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899-1902, taking part in the operations in |