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Pte John O'Connor
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.2nd Mar 1917)
John O'Connor born and living in Jarrow, enlisted in the 1st Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. At the time of the 1911 census he was living at 35 Princess Street, Jarrow with his wife Matilda May O'Connor (nee Johnson), daughters Ethel May (5), Dorothy ( 3 months)and son Andrew (1). He was employed as a ships plate riveter in the shipyard.
He died on the 2nd March 1917 (aged 40) and is remembered in St. Paul's Church and Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte just south of Albert, France. It is difficult to know the exact circumstances of his death as Meaulte was the site of a large Casualty Clearing Centre for the Somme Battlefields. In September 1916, the 34th and 2nd/2nd London Casualty Clearing Stations were established at Meaulte, known to the troops as Grove Town, to deal with casualties from the Somme battlefields. They were moved in April 1917 and, except for a few burials in August and September 1918, the cemetery was closed.
