Michael Pegum Posted 20 February , 2022 Share Posted 20 February , 2022 This is part of a Roll of Honour in a Presbyterian church in Cork City, Ireland. The quality of the photo is admittedly poor, but Lieut. John Howard B. Murphy seems to have been in a unit designated as "E.L.C." or, possibly, "E.L.G". Any ideas as to what this was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 20 February , 2022 Share Posted 20 February , 2022 Egyptian Labour Corps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 20 February , 2022 Share Posted 20 February , 2022 John Howard Blackwood Murphy. MiC here on Ancestry. "Ancestry.co.uk - UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920" https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1262/images/30850_A001129-02448?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=nxN506&_phstart=successSource&pId=208924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pegum Posted 20 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 20 February , 2022 Many thanks. I haven't come across the Egyptian Labour Corps before. I knew the Forum would provide an answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 20 February , 2022 Share Posted 20 February , 2022 Old thread here expands on ELC activities. "Egyptian Labour Corps, Rgt 684 and 516 - Soldiers and their units - The Great War (1914-1918) Forum" https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/250973-egyptian-labour-corps-rgt-684-and-516/#comment-2533852 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 20 February , 2022 Share Posted 20 February , 2022 JHB Murphy's father was the Rev, so could have been ' the Rev' at that church? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pegum Posted 21 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 21 February , 2022 Yes, giving one of his addresses on the Medal Card as "The Manse, Cork, Ireland" would suggest that his father was the senior Presbyterian clergyman in Cork, since he would have been the one living in the Manse. The other address, of the University Philosophical Society, Dublin, shows that he went to Trinity College. The T.C.D. Roll of Honour says that he entered the College in 1913 but did not graduate. He must have joined up not long after the war began. What does S.?.?. Refusal List 68.20418 mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 21 February , 2022 Share Posted 21 February , 2022 6 minutes ago, Michael Pegum said: What does S.?.?. Refusal List 68.20418 mean? I think it says SWB. I presume that refers to a Silver War Badge refusal but I am guessing. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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