Medal display case containing: 1. Copies from a mint in England of Paddy's Service Medal and Frank's medals (including his 1917 Military Medal and 1914-5 Star 2. Copy of photograph of Frank and Paddy Fawl 3. Copy of a poem

James Anthony (Jim) Murphy. My Great Uncle Jim emmigrated to Canada in 1911 aged 18 years, and worked on the railways. He was originally from Blackrock, Co. Louth, Ireland. He joined the Canadian Army in 1916 and trained in Camp Hughes in Canada. He was sent on the 'Olympic' to England in 1916 and trained/remained in Whitley and Seaford camps. There was a rubella quarantine so he did not go to France until 1917. He was sent to dig tunnels in Vimy Ridge. He then joined the 8th Battalion Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment. In the Battle of Arleux in April 1917 he was wounded in the shoulder by a sniper's bullet. He was wounded again by shrapnel in the right arm in the Battle of Hill 70 on the Western Front in August 1917. He was hospitalized for several weeks. He returned in October 1917 to his Battalion and was preparing to go North. His letters stop at the end of October and it is believed he was killed on 10th November. His body was never found. It is believed he was killed by artillery (there were statements by another soldier to the Red Cross re same). Philip (Fip) Murphy. My Great Uncle Fip was also from Blackrock, Co. Louth, Ireland. He was a doctor by profession and trained in Dublin. He served in St. Vincents, The Coombe and Camberwell Infirmary in England. Initially he was refused admission into the army due to heart problems, but he managed to enlist in 1917 as Captain. He was sent to Egypt, Palestinian Front. He travelled on the S.S. Transylvania from Marseille which was torpedoed by a German sub. He survived – many died – and was brought to Savona, Italy. He wrote home to describe the incident. He came from a very catholic family and believed that his wearing of the green scapula at the time saved his life. He served in the 3rd General Hospital from June 1917 to mid-1919. He was then demobbed and sent home. Alongside dealing with the wounded from the Front he also cared for people with Spanish Flu. He returned to Norwich, England and continued to practice as a doctor. He returned to Co. Louth in Ireland in the 1960’s. Harry Carney – First Cousin – served with the Royal Dublin’s from mid-1917 to 1918. He got pleurisy in the trenches, was sent home but died in 1919. His brother Philip Carney was a doctor and served with the Tyneside Irish, Northumberland Fusiliers. He won a Military Cross in March 1918 for removing wounded under fire. He was sent home, but returned to the war for 100 days. He fought in the Second Battle of the Marne and won the Croix de Guerre. He remained in the army and served with the Connaught Rangers and was posted to India. He would survive and return to Ireland to continue working as a doctor. || Photograph (Philip Murphy &James Anthony Murphy) Greeting Card Christmas 1916; Letter from J.M. to his mother 1917 - a number of pages of this letter; Picture Greeting card; Picture postcards, and reverse side of these postcards; Death Certificate Private James Murphy

The name of the artist responsible for the scene on the front of this postcard can be seen above the caption: ‘Donald McGill’. He has portrayed a small, weeping boy holding his smarting bottom. A man with a walking stick is seen leaving the room. The caption below reads, ‘They make a lot of fuss about fellers hurt at the front!’. The printed details on the reverse include, ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “TWELVE-SEVEN-FOUR” Series. No. 1279. British Manufacture.’. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master F R Davy / Little Coates / Grimsby’. The message reads, ‘For Barbara & You → xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx How are you? Grannie & I arrived at Auntie Winnies just in time for tea. Hope you are being a very good boy what did Daddy say about the chicken Much love from Mummie’. The stamp is partly illegible, but parts read ‘Potter’s Bar’ and ‘4 MY 16 or 18’. || A British comic postcard || || Postcard || A British comic postcard || Front