Hi Phil,
Good to hear from you. Sorry about the delay in replying. I don't get on here as much as I used to due to other projects.
Unfortunately I haven't had any provable info about Jim Murphy since we were last in contact. The only thing that did come to light was, according to my mother, that Jim was with the Royal Artilliary during WW1. She wasn't a hundred percent certain about this, and it may prove to be wrong, but it was the best that she could come up with. We are still in contact though and something else may surface in the future.
Tony