Hi >From various certificates I have discovered that my Granddad was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers and he was an electrical engineer as was his father. My Granddads name was John Joseph Murphy and I suspect that he had been wounded during the First World War as his address was given as the Military Hospital Colchester. My Nan a Nurse must have fallen in love for they married in June 1916. His Dad Francis Murphy attended the wedding and he was recorded as an electrician. In April 1917 at the birth of my Uncle Francis Joseph Murphy, my Granddad is recorded as a Private in the Royal Auxiliary Medical Corp. This far and now it's my wall, as there is no army number to relate too I am at a loss on what or where to look now. If any kind person could advise me I would be very grateful. Stuart

You may have to pay ancestry to look for either army records or pension records any idea how old he was? Philip Maddocks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Oakes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:30 PM Subject: [Ess] First World War Murphy > Hi > > > >>From various certificates I have discovered that my Granddad was a Sapper >>in the Royal Engineers and he was an electrical engineer as was his >>father. > > My Granddads name was John Joseph Murphy and I suspect that he had been > wounded during the First World War as his address was given as the > Military Hospital Colchester. > > My Nan a Nurse must have fallen in love for they married in June 1916. > > His Dad Francis Murphy attended the wedding and he was recorded as an > electrician. > > In April 1917 at the birth of my Uncle Francis Joseph Murphy, my Granddad > is recorded as a Private in the Royal Auxiliary Medical Corp. > > > > This far and now it's my wall, as there is no army number to relate too I > am at a loss on what or where to look now. > > > > If any kind person could advise me I would be very grateful. > > > > Stuart > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Description Medal card of Murphy, Joseph J Corps Regiment No Rank Royal Engineers 108394 Sapper Date 1914-1920 Catalogue reference will cost you £2 at tna.gov.uk and may not tell you much Philip Maddocks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Oakes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:30 PM Subject: [Ess] First World War Murphy > Hi > > > >>From various certificates I have discovered that my Granddad was a Sapper >>in the Royal Engineers and he was an electrical engineer as was his >>father. > > My Granddads name was John Joseph Murphy and I suspect that he had been > wounded during the First World War as his address was given as the > Military Hospital Colchester. > > My Nan a Nurse must have fallen in love for they married in June 1916. > > His Dad Francis Murphy attended the wedding and he was recorded as an > electrician. > > In April 1917 at the birth of my Uncle Francis Joseph Murphy, my Granddad > is recorded as a Private in the Royal Auxiliary Medical Corp. > > > > This far and now it's my wall, as there is no army number to relate too I > am at a loss on what or where to look now. > > > > If any kind person could advise me I would be very grateful. > > > > Stuart > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Medal card image sent Anne South Australia Stuart Oakes wrote: > Hi > > > >> From various certificates I have discovered that my Granddad was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers and he was an electrical engineer as was his father. > > My Granddads name was John Joseph Murphy and I suspect that he had been wounded during the First World War as his address was given as the Military Hospital Colchester. > > My Nan a Nurse must have fallen in love for they married in June 1916. > > His Dad Francis Murphy attended the wedding and he was recorded as an electrician. > > In April 1917 at the birth of my Uncle Francis Joseph Murphy, my Granddad is recorded as a Private in the Royal Auxiliary Medical Corp. > > > > This far and now it's my wall, as there is no army number to relate too I am at a loss on what or where to look now. > > > > If any kind person could advise me I would be very grateful. > > > > Stuart > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >