Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Bernard Murphy
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Inscription
Inscription to the memory of William Joseph Bernard Murphy on the family grave marker at Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. -
Chelsea Cenotaph
The Chelsea Cenotaph at the Pioneer Cemetery honours the lives of those who were lost during active service of World War I and II. The Cenotaph displays the names and details of the 11 men from Chelsea. Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Bernard Murphy 467 Sqdn (RCAF), Royal Canadian Air Force, 16th July 1944, aged 27. Commemoration at the Lignieres-de-Touraine Communal Cemetery, Indre-et-Loire, France. -
Photo of William Joseph Bernard Murphy
The Chelsea Cenotaph at the Pioneer Cemetery honours the lives of those who were lost during active service of World War I and II. The Cenotaph displays the names and details of the 11 men from Chelsea. Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Bernard Murphy 467 Sqdn (RCAF), Royal Canadian Air Force, 16th July 1944, aged 27. Commemoration at the Lignieres-de-Touraine Communal Cemetery, Indre-et-Loire, France. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Bernard Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Bernard Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH BERNARD MURPHY
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Service Book
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 402 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNIERES-DE-TOURAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Indre-et-Loire, France
Lignieres-de-Touraine is a village 22 kilometres south west of Tours and about 3 kilometres south of the village of Langeais. The LIGNIERES-DE-TOURAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is situated south of the village on the road to Azay-le-Rideau and about 300 metres south-east of the church. The graves of six British, six Australian and 3 Canadian airmen are west of the main entrance.
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