Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver J. Murphy, 4th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (79620 Dr., 10th Fds. By. R.A.) small erasure to surname; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (79620 Dvr., 4th Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (79620 Dvr., R.F.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, fine (3) £180-220

Joseph Murphy was born in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 5th Battalion King’s Royal Rifles (Militia), he attested for the Royal Artillery at Huntingdon on 9 June 1890, aged 19 years, 3 months. He served in India with the 10th Field Battery R.A., March 1891-March 1898. Transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1898, he was recalled in October 1899. He served in South Africa with the 4th Battery R.F.A., November 1899-June 1902. Murphy was discharged in August 1902. With copied service papers and roll extracts.