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Private SAMUEL MURPHY

Service Number: 37844
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

1st (Labour) Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD

Special Memorial 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Armstrong Martin (formerly Murphy), of 36, Graham St., Govan, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS BESIDE HIS COMRADES IN HALLOWED GRAVES UNKNOWN HIS NAME REMAINS IN LETTERS OF LOVE IN THE HEARTS HE LEFT AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1026
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