Patrick Murphy

Lt. Col. Patrick Murphy (October 1843 – 13 September 1922) was a British Irish army surgeon and lieutenant colonel who is known for being murdered by Kemalist Turkish soldiers while trying to prevent the rape of his servants during the Burning of Smyrna.

Biography Patrick Murphy was born in British Ireland in October 1843.

Murphy entered the British Indian Medical Service in 1869, served as the surgeon of the army in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882, particularly in the Battle of Tell El Kebir, for which he was awarded the Egypt Medal and Khedive's Bronze Star. and his three daughters for the rest of his life.

Murphy was a resident of the Western European quarter. Accounts of his death vary, but all agree that he was murdered by Turkish soldiers in his home whilst trying to prevent the rape of his servants.

Murphy failed to save his servant from being assaulted, as he was also shot in the chest. His lung had collapsed. One of the victims later stated how, when Murphy protested he was British, the Turkish soldiers replied "First the Greeks, then the English". Murphy was Irish.

With Lamb managing to borrow two cars from the American consul, the family escaped with the help of Anglican chaplain Charles Dobson and his chaffeur, who wrapped Murphy in blankets and carried him to the English nursing home nearby. His wife and daughters were reported by Lamb to have been "nearly dying from fright". Murphy succumbed to his wounds and died on 13 September 1922.

On 28 October 1922, Murphy's obituary was published in the British Medical Journal.