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AbleSea. John Daniel O'Connor

Royal Navy HMS Violent

from:Plumstead, London

(d.26th Oct 1918)

John Daniel was born in 1889 in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, of Cornelius T O'Connor and Eleanor (Ellen), nee O'Leary. His father was a guardsman in the 4th Dragoon Guards but the family finally settled in Woolwich or Plumstead after being posted variously in Lancashire (Hulme), Aldershot and Brighton (Preston Barracks). His father was pensioned out and became a worker in the Royal Arsenal.

Jack, as he was known to all, died not of war wounds but of Influenza, in the notorious 'Spanish Flu' Pandemic of 1918-1920. his brother, Cornelius O'Connor (Jnr) died of the same illness on 15th October 1918 whilst Jack died on 26th October. Both died at home, in 109 Griffin Road, Plumstead.



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