P.P.E. William David Murphy Stained Glass Window
This memorial is dedicated to P.P.E. William David Murphy, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC).
William David Murphy was born in 1895 in Ottawa. Raise and educated in Ottawa, he operated a butcher shop in the city for many years before enlisting in 1940. He served overseas with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) from 1940 to 1944 and upon his return to Ottawa, joined the Department of Agriculture. He died suddenly at his home on January 23, 1948, and is buried at Pinecrest Cemetery.
All Saints’ Anglican Church Westboro shares a building with First United Church.
Inscription
[front/devant]
“Suffer little children
to come unto me”
To the gloriy of God & in memory
of P.P.E. Wm. David Murphy R.C.A.S.C.
Died 23rd January 1948
Vitrail de P.P.E. William David Murphy
Ce vitrail commémoratif est dédié au P.P.E. William David Murphy, du Corps royal de l’intendance de l’Armée canadienne (RCASC).
William David Murphy voit le jour en 1895, à Ottawa, où il grandit et poursuit sa scolarité. Il y tient une boucherie pendant de nombreuses années avant de s’engager en 1940. Il est posté en Europe avec le Corps royal de l’intendance de l’Armée canadienne (RCASC) de 1940 à 1944. À son retour à Ottawa, il entre au ministère de l’Agriculture. Il meurt subitement chez lui, le 23 janvier 1948. Il est enterré au cimetière Pinecrest.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.