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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Edward Warren Murphy

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class I Edward Warren Murphy

October 2, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/67977

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

405 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of John Thomas Murphy and Mary E. Murphy, of Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Graduate of North Eastern University, and of Bentley Accounting School.

Commemorated on Page 101 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Coll. grave 16.

Location:

The town of Noordwijk is 32 kilometres north-north-east of The Hague and about 7 kilometres west of the main road from The Hague to Haarlem. The NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY is a little to the west of Noordwijk on the outskirts of the coastal village of Noordwijk-Aan-Zee. The British Plot is situated in abelt of trees overlooking the remainder of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class I Edward Warren Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class I Edward Warren Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class I Edward Warren Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class I Edward Warren Murphy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Temporary grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Temporary grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Communal grave of the men of Halifax of 405 Sqn that was shot down by Flak over Noordwijk on 2 October 1942 while on a mission to Krefeld, Germany.

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    Grave Marker – Communal grave of the men of Halifax of 405 Sqn that was shot down by Flak over Noordwijk on 2 October 1942 while on a mission to Krefeld, Germany.

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