MURPHY, Charles Sharp

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
The King's Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
3774728
P.O.W. number: 
7266
Born: 
Saturday, January 12, 1918
Birthplace: 
Liverpool
Private Charles Murphy No.1 Commando
Private Charles Sharp Murphy from Aintree, Liverpool, was reported missing believed killed 6 December 1942 at Bizerte, Tunisia, subsequently confirmed alive in hospital and a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/55, WO417/58, and WO417/93.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11 and WO392/21.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/266/262.
[Image] Reports in the Liverpool Evening Express 23 January 1943, p1, and 20 March 1943, p4.
 
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