2719007 Lance-Corporal John MURPHY, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 22 February 1939
Date of Discharge: 5 May 1946

Army Number: 2719007
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: John MURPHY, MiD*
Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 22 February 1919
Place of Birth: Cork

Date of Capture: 22/02/1944
Place of Capture: Anzio, Italy
POW Number: 130467
Camps: Stalag VIIA, Stalag 383

 

London Gazette : 20 December 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35020/supplement/7200/data.pdf


https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35020/supplement/7201/data.pdf

 

London Gazette : 23 September 1943

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4221/data.pdf


https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4226/data.pdf

 

Army Number: 2719007
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: J MURPHY
Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
TNA Reference: WO 361/784
Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 300 Local Currency ;
Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 74 Lire, Local Currency
Missing 22 February 1944

 

Army Number: 2719007
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: John MURPHY
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
POW Number: 130467
Date of Capture: 22/02/1944
Place of Capture: Anzio
Camp: Stalag VIIA


Name: John Murphy . Date of Birth: 22/02/1919 . Place of Birth: Cork . Service:... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/266/344
Name: John Murphy.
Date of Birth: 22/02/1919.
Place of Birth: Cork.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Lance Corporal.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: The Irish Guards.
Service Number: 2719007.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIA Moosburg.
PoW number: 130467.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 4.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

WO 344-229-2


PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2719007
Rank: Lance Corporal
Surname: MURPHY
Christian Names: John
Decorations: Mentioned in Despatches, Twice

2. Unit (Army): 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS
3. Division (Army): 1st DIVISION

4. Date of Birth: 22 Feb 1919
5. Date of Enlistment: 22 Feb 1939
6. Civilian Trade: Labourer
7. Private Address: 1 Orrery Road, Curranarragher, Co. Cork, Eire

8. Place of Capture: Anzio, Italy
Date of Capture: 22 Feb 1944

9. Were you Wounded when Captured: No

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
Stalag VIIA Moosburg 20 Jun 1944 - 2 Apr 1945 [sic; Feb?]
Stalag 383 Hohenfels 5 Feb 1945 - 16 Apr 1945

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
No
Location From & To Nature of Work
-

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
Nature of Illness Cause Duration
Bronchial pneumonia, Exposure, 76 days

Did you receive adequate Medical Treatment?:
Yes


PART II

2. Lectures before Capture
(State where, when and by whom)
(a) Were you lectured in your unit on how to behave in the event of capture?:
No
(b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?:
No

3. Interrogation after Capture
(State where, when and methods employed by enemy)
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy?:
No

4. Escapes attempted.
Did you make any attempted or party successful escapes?
No
(Give details of each attempt separately, stating where, when, method employed, names of your companions, where and when captured and by whom. Were you physically fit? What happened to our companions?)
-

5. Sabotage.
Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material, communications, etc., when employed on working-parties or during escape?
(Give details, places and dates).

6. Collaboration with enemy.
Do you know of any British or American personnel who collaborated with the enemy or in any way helped the enemy against other Allied PoWS?
No
(Give details, names of person(s) concerned, camp(s), dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy).
-

7. War Crimes.
If you have any information or evidence of bad treatment by the enemy to yourself or to others, or knowledge of any enemy violation of Geneva Convention you should ask for a copy of “Form Q” on which to make your statement.
-

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
Captain KEMPLE an American Doctor at Stalag VIIA Moosburg did wonderful work for the sick there.


SECURITY UNDERTAKING.
I fully realised that all information relating to the matters covered by the questions in PART II are of a highly secret and official nature.
I have had explained to me and fully understand that under Defence Regulations or U.S.A.R. 380-5 I am forbidden to publish or communicate any information concerning these matters.


Date of Signature: 15 May 1945

 

I was wondering if you know who if anyone I could notify about my father being the " strong swimmer" who swam across. He used to tell this story on those rare occasions when he'd talk about the War. In Fitzgerald's History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War, on page 60, it mentions Guardsman(Red) Murphy stripping to the buff and swimming across. My father was a redhead and this is exactly how he described the event. Thanks for any information.
MURPHY, John, 2719007, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Captured Italy, 22 Feb 1944 - WO 344-229-2

 

Hi, I've moved your post from
War Diary: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, September 1939 - July 1944
to the thread created for info about your father.
I've also linked this thread to the post you quoted.
Hope that's enough to link the two accounts.

Thanks for your interesting post. Do you have any photos of your father and his time with 1IG that you would care share to here?

 

Yes, absolutely. I will work on that

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 5:2*

• 1939-45 Star
• Africa Star, *with 1st Army Clasp
• Italy Star
• Defence Medal
• War Medal 1939-45
• * Mention in Despatches

Address of NOK redacted (Application made in 1958):



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