Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Victory Medal awarded to Lance-Corporal T. H. Murphy, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was awarded the Military Medal, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme, 15 July 1916

Victory Medal 1914-19 (22086 Pte. T. H. Murphy. L.N. Lan. R.) naming details lightly struck, worn in parts, better than good fine £60-£80

M.M. London Gazette 19 February 1917.

Thomas Henry Murphy was born in Salford, Lancashire, and attested there for the Manchester Regiment. Transferring to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 August 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 15 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Bazentin-le-Petit Wood. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.