He might not be yours and it may not help... Philip Maddocks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Maddocks" <[email protected]> To: "Stuart Oakes" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] First World War Murphy > 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 >