First Name: | James | Last Name: | MURPHY | |
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Date of Death: | 15/03/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Camberwell | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Royal Irish1 | |
Memorial Site: | Menin Gate, Ypres | |||
Current Information:Age-29 186, Farmers Road, Camberwell
On 14th March, 1915, the 1st Royal Irish battalion of 82 Brigade, 27th Division, were in the line in the St.Eloi sector on the southern part of the Ypres salient At 5pm the Germans opened a violent artillery bombardment after blowing a mine under the Mound, a heap of spoil from an old brickworks in the St. Eloi sector. They then launched an infantry attack and captured the village of St. Eloi. At 2am the next morning, 15th March, the day on which James Murphy was killed, 1st Royal Irish, and other battalions from 27th Division, launched a counter attack and retook St.Eloi but were unable to recapture the mound.
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