George William Murphy – Devonshire Regiment, 16th Battalion
Private George William Murphy – Devonshire Regiment, 16 th Battalion Limited Surviving Information Another soldier commemorated on the Mumbles War Memorial about whom very little personal information survives is George William Murphy . Family Background Information provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that George was the son of George and Alice Murphy , of 178 Unett Street, St George’s, Hockley, Birmingham . Military Service George served as a Private in the 16th Battalion (Royal Devon and Royal North Devon Yeomanry), Devonshire Regiment . The 16 th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment – September 1918 In September 1918 , the 16 th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was engaged in the final phase of the war on the Western Front , during the Allied advance known as the Hundred Days Offensive . British forces were pushing forward against retreating German armies across ground devastated by years of trench warfare. Although German resistance was weakening...
