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‘A Squadron in line, with Long, self & Clarke’, 9th Hodson’s Horse, Egypt, 1920. Photograph, captioned, ‘A sqdn in line, with Long, self & Clarke’, Egypt, 1920. Lieutenant James Roney Keogh Murphy with ‘A’ Squadron, 9th Hodson’s Horse at a parade for the General Officer Commanding the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, General Walter Congreve (1862-1927), in Egypt in 1920. Photograph from an album of 48 photographs compiled by Maj James Roney Keogh Murphy, 9th Hodson’s Horse, in Egypt, 1920. From 1916 to 1925 Murphy served in the Indian Army with the 52nd Sikhs Frontier Force and 9th Hodson’s Horse. He was posted to India, France and Egypt, 1916-1920. Murphy eventually attained the rank of Major and retired from the Indian Army, 1924-1925.