Eldest son of Charles Franklin Murphy and Mary Murphy, of Lloyd Bank House, Morpeth, Northumberland, and late of Bolton, Lancashire. Killed north east of Saint Jean.
Murphy, Geoffrey Franklin –
Personal details
- Surname: Murphy
- Forename: Geoffrey Franklin
- Date of birth: May 24th, 1894
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Not known
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 20
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: April 25th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Sapper
- Unit: 3rd Field Company, Canadian Engineers.
- Service number: 45155
- Regiment: Canadian Imperial Forces
- Enlistment date: September 24th, 1914 - 1914-09-24
- Enlistment location: Valcartier, Ontario, Canada
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Christ Church (Harwood) C.E. Church 1914-1919 Memorial - Turton
- CWGC Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: Panel 10.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 14/05/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5i