Serjeant 2228 Michael Brophy
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915
Age at death: 37
Date of death: 3rd of July 1915
Born: Kilkenny
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.
BMD details:
Marriage: 06/08/1910 Michaelem BROPHY to Saram CAIN at Holy Cross RC, St Helens.
Family details:
Son of Michael and Margaret Brophey, of Maddockstown, Kilkenny; husband of Sarah Smith, (formerly Brophey), of 2, Crispin St., St. Helens, Lancs. Widow Sarah Smith is sole legatee (remarried)
Census details:
Not found before 1901. 1901 - Shows 25 year old Michael boarding at 63 Houghton Street, Newton-in-Makerfield with the Mooney family. 1911 - Sees 33 year old 'Labourer' Michael living at 2 Crispin Street, St Helens with his wife of 1 year Sarah (30) and three boarders: John Mc Mahan (55), Thomas Binke (30), John Rafferty (30).
Notes:
Surname spelled as Brophey on CWGC Age taken from 1911 census.
Surname spelled as Brophey on CWGC Age taken from 1911 census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2228MichaelBrophy.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/Sgts_1_Menin_Gate.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Serjeant Michael Brophy on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photographs courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
