Chester-le-Street Chronicle 23/03/1917
Sacriston St. Bede
In Sacriston St. Bede's Churchyard is a family headstone for Murphy which reads:
Pray
for the soul
of
Michael
the beloved husband of
Mary Murphy
who died Jan. 18th 1909
Aged 54 years
Also Joseph Murphy
2nd Batt. Tyneside Irish 25th N.F.
beloved son of the above
killed in action at La Boiselle
France July 1st 1916
Aged 29 years
Also Mary
wife of the above
Michael Murphy
who died Jan. 5th 1923
Aged 66 years
My Jesus Mercy Mary Help
R.I.P.
Joseph Murphy is remembered at Sacriston on S113.04, S113.07 and S113.14
