COMPLETED - Query: Walter Murphy - Prisoner of War

[mallosa]

If you look at the date of his capture, it doesn't fit

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui- ... 6356:61642

https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... i=44634740

[mallosa]

Born 1919
Captured 1915

[kdwoodie]

MURPHY Walter VINCENT Annie 1914 Stourbridge Register Office Dudley Register Office 001/031/24

1939 88 Wallows Road Brierley Hill
Walter Murphy Male 12 Apr 1886 W Steel Worker
Walter Murphy Male 23 April 1919 S Lorry Driver
Hilda Murphy (Hilda Shilvock)Female 28 Oct 1924 S Unpaid Domestic Duties
Norman Murphy(William Thomas Murphy) Male 10 Feb 1926 S Student



Full Name
Murphy, Walter
Date Of Birth
23 Apr 1919
Nationality
British
Date of Capture
15 Feb 1942
Date of Liberation
30 Aug 1945
Other Pow Camps
Thailand
POW Camp
Malai 4
Rank Name
Private
Service Number
5830815
Profession
Driver
Duty Location
Singapore
Next of Kin
Next of Kin: Norman Murphy, 88 Wallows Road, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
Service
British Army
Primary Unit
Suffolk Regiment
Secondary Unit
4th Battalion
Archive Reference
Ron Bridge's Collection
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United Kingdom
award

1939-1945 Star
award

War Medal 1939 - 1945
regiment

Suffolk Regiment

Name Walter Murphy
Birth Date 1886
Death Date 19 Apr 1940
Cemetery Brierley Hill Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Brierley Hill, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England
Has Bio? N
URL
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219 ... ter-murphy

Dudley, England, Burials and Cremation Index, 1800-2020
Name Mr Walter Murphy
Death Age 85
Death Date 5 Apr 2005
Burial Date 14 Apr 2005
Cemetery Gornal Wood Crematorium
Burial Place Dudley, England
Burial Type Cremation - Full Service
Religion Church of England
Funeral Director J. V. Kendrick
Certificate Number 60329

Name MS Hilda Shilvock
Gender Female
Age 97
Birth Date 28 Oct 1924
Last Residence Brierley Hill, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Postal Code District Dy5
Death Date 2 Sep 2021


Name William Norman Murphy
Birth Date 1926
Death Date 2 May 1997
Cemetery Gornal Wood Cemetery and Crematorium
Burial or Cremation Place Gornal Wood, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England
Has Bio? N
URL
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219 ... man-murphy

[mallosa]

Wow! Nice one kdw

added to BCC - https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =671203793

[mallosa]

Completed with thanks