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Sgt. Thomas O'Beirne
British Army 7th Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Dublin
(d.2nd Aug 1917)
Thomas O'Beirne was born to a family of seven, 4 girls and 3 boys. His father Patrick became ill and died at their small home at 10 George's Hill, Dublin. It was a struggle for his mother Bridget to cope, so as my grandmother Mary Kate didn't get sick she, at the age of 12, was sent to stay with relatives in Maynooth. My grandma was the only child of the seven to live past 25 years of age.
Thomas been the oldest surviving boy of the O'Beirne family. After fighting in France for two years, he would die on 2nd of August 1917, aged 21, during the Battle of Passchendaele.
Pte. Francis Alexander O'Boyle
British Army 7th Btn. "B" Coy. Leinster Regiment
from:35 Fort Street, Springfield Road, Belfast
(d.12th July 1916)
Pte. John O'Boyle
British Army 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Middlesbrough, Yorks
(d.11th Apr 1918)
John O'Boyle was killed during the Battle of Lys.
James O'Brian
British Army 3rd Btn. Border Regiment
(d.2nd Sep 1914)
Boy soldier James O'Brian 10400 of the 3rd Btn Border Regiment who died on the 2nd September 1914 is buried at Pembroke Dock Military Cemetery.
Pte. Alexander O'Brien
British Army 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hebburn
(d.12th Oct 1916)
Alexander O'Brien enlisted in 1914 at Jarrow in the 1st Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own). He was killed in action on the 12th October 1916 and is remembered on the Palmer Cenotaph together with Thiepval Memorial His unit was part of the 6th Division so it is probable that he was killed during the Battle of Le Transloy (1st to 18th October 1916) in the latter stages of the First Somme Offensive.
Alexander was the younger son of John O'Brien (deceased) and Jane O'Brien of 148 William Street, Hebburn. In the 1911 census he was living at home with his widowed mother, his older brother John, his older sister Helena and her husband James McAtominey. Alexander was 21, single and worked as a Labourer in the shipbuilding Industry.
Sgt. Arthur O'Brien
British Army 8th Bn. C Coy. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Wexford, Ireland
(d.4th Sep 1916)
Arthur o'Brien died of wounds on the 4th of September 1916, aged 29 and is buried in the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Arthur left Wexford, Ireland to fight with the Royal Munster Fusiliers. He was wounded during the battle of the Somme and never returned to Ireland. He left behind a loving wife (Martha O'Brien) and three children - Catherine, Patrick & Thomas.
Pte. C. O'Brien
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
(d.22nd February 1915)
Private O'Brien is buried in the Youghal (North Abbey) Cemetery, Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Pte. Christopher O'Brien
British Army 1st Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Williamstown, Youghal, Co. Cork
(d.14th February 1915)
Christopher O'Brien was the son of Martin and Bridget O'Brien of Williamstown, Youghal, Co. Cork
He died aged 20 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.
Pte. Daniel O'Brien
British Army 2nd Battalion, A Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dublin
(d.17th June 1915)
Daniel O'Brien was born in James's Street area of Dublin on 4th May 1892 to James O'Brien and Brigid Ford. From his service number he appears to have been in the regular Army before WW1 started. He died of wounds on 17th June 1915 and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium. He had a sister, Rosanna, who married Joseph Fitzpatrick.
Sto. Daniel O'Brien
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Drake
from:Ballycricken, Co. Waterford.
(d.26th Oct 1916)
Stoker Daniel O'Brien was the Husband of Bridget O'Brien, of Ballycricken, Co. Waterford. He is buried Right of the path between the entrance and the Church in the Slieverue Catholic Churchyard, Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
Frank O'Brien
British Army 7th Battalion Leinster Regiment
Cpl. Hezekiah Gordon O'Brien
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Auckland, NZ
(d.23rd March 1918)
Hezekiah O'Brien was my great-great uncle. He was born in Auckland NZ and lived his early years employed as a bushman clearing the dense NZ forest into farmland. He removed at some point to New South Wales around 1914. His mother, Margaret Morgan O'Brien, emigrated to NZ in 1875 from Glamorgan, Wales, as did her future husband William O'Brien from Dublin, Ireland.
Hezekiah went to Wales at the outbreak of the war to take up mining and settled in his mother's home town. When war broke out he enlisted in the Welch regiment at Merthyr and rose to the rank of corporal.
He died of wounds on 23rd March 1918 at age 29, most likely inflicted during the Battle of Saint Quentin. He is buried in a marked grave in Mont Huon Military Cemetery at Le Treport in Normandy, France. A memorial headstone can also be found at the O'Brien family plot in Auckland next to his parents and siblings.
James O'Brien DCM, Belgian MM.
British Army 1/7th Btn. London Regiment
from:New Zealand
Pte. James O'Brien
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.16th Jan 1915)
Private James O'Brien 10589 served in the 1st Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) and died on the 16th January 1915. His place of Birth is given as County Fermanagh and he was living in Glasgow prior to enlistment.
Pte. James O'Brien
British Army 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Colne
(d.23rd March 1917)
James O'Brien was killed in action on the 23rd of March1917 and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery in France. He resided at 40 Hargreaves Street, Colne.
Dvr. James Francis O'Brien
British Army 5th Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Cashel
(d.16th Dec 1915)
James O'Brien was the Son of J. O'Brien, of William St., Cashel. He is buried north of the north tower in the Cashel (Rock of Cashel) Graveyard in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
SM James O'Brien
British Army 6th Btn. Leinster Regiment
from:Drogheda
(d.26th February 1917)
Serjeant Major O'Brien was the husband of Annie O'Brien, of Townley Hall Cottage, Drogheda.
He was 56 when he died and is buried South of South-West corner of ruin in the Clogher Old Graveyard, Co. Louth, Ireland.
Act/L/Sto. Jeremiah O'Brien
Royal Navy H.M.S. "Vivid II."
(d.26th March 1917)
Acting Leading Stoker O'Brien was 22 when he died and is buried Near the East side of the ruins in the Corkbeg Church of Ireland Graveyard, Co. Cork, Ireland.
John Joseph O'Brien
British Army Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Ardwick, Manchester
My father, John Joseph O'Brien, joined the British Army in 1914 in Manchester. He was in France, Malta, Gibraltar, North Africa, Mesapotamia and India. He was wounded in the War with shrapnel in his neck, head and back. He was found in the trenches and survived. He was also in a camp in Bacuba, Iraq, where he met my mother who was an Assyrian refugee. I had a sister who was born in Bagdad and was at the coronation of King Fezel. The British Government wanted my father to stay to help build the new rail road to India but he wanted to go back to England. He went back to England in 1918/19 then went to America in 1922 where he settled until his death in 1976.
Pte. John O'Brien
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Armagh
(d.28th September 1914)
Private O'Brien is buried near the south-west corner of the Ballintra Cemetery in Co. Monaghan, Ireland.
He was the husband of Mary Moore, Patrick Street, Armagh.
Sgt. John O'Brien
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Clonmel
(d.22nd March 1915)
John O'Brien served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.
Sea. John Joseph O'Brien
U.S. Navy U.S.S. Leviathan
Pte. John O'Brien
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Carrick en suir, Tipperary
John O'Brien was my great grandfather. I found a copy of his active service certificate and the Gallant Conduct letter which had been sent to my dad, Norman Calloway, by another grandson of his in Ireland, Francis O'Brien.
Pte. Joseph O'Brien
British Army 6th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
(d.5th April 1916)
Private Joseph O'Brien Reg.No.300, was my Granduncle and brother to my Grandfather, Private John O'Brien, who also fought in WW1. Joseph's family believed that he died and was buried in France, only discovering 3 years ago that he was killed in action in Mesopotamia(Iraq) and is buried there also. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Panel 23. Although Joseph had no children he will be remembered by his many relatives in Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland and in Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Pte. Michael O'Brien
British Army 2nd Btn. Irish Guards
from:Athy, Co. Wexford
(d.26th December 1917)
Private Michael O'Brien was 27 when he died. He is buried in the south-west part of the Athy (St. Michael's) Cemetery, Grave No. 3.
Pte. Michael O'Brien
British Army 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Morpeth
Michael O'Brien was wounded at the Dardanelles.
Cpl. Peter O'Brien
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers
from:6 Highland Place, Aberdare
(d.12th Apr 1918)
Pte. Thomas William O'Brien
British Army 1/7th Btn. London Regiment
from:Chelsea, London.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pe Thomas O'Brien
British Army 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.22nd Aug 1915)
Thomas O'Brien Private 11061 enlisted at South Shields in the 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. He died at Gallipoli on the 22nd August 1915 and is remembered on the Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and Helles Memorial Panel in Gallipoli, Turkey.
He was born at Harton in 1884 and lived in Jarrow at 15 Milton Street with his wife Anne O'Brien nee Coulson. The 1911 census shows him living at that address with Anne, daughter Mary (9) and son Thomas (3). He was 28 years old and working as a labourer in the shipyard.
Pte. Thomas William O'Brien
British Army 2nd Battalion Border Regiment
from:Rawtenstall, Lancs
(d.26th Sep 1915)
Thomas O'Brien is remembered on the Loos Memorial to the Missing.
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