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236984

Lt. Thomas Augustine O'Brien

British Army Army Veterinary Corps

(d.6th Oct 1918)

Thomas O'Brien was buried in the Ajmer New Cemetery in India.




206731

William O'Brien

British Army Dublin Fusiliers

from:Glasgow

William O'Brien was on the SS River Clyde in the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign. Of the 1100 Royal Dublin Fusiliers only 11 survived the Gallipoli Landings, William was one of the lucky few.




224061

Pte. William James O'Brien

British Army 24th (The Queens) Battalion London Regiment

from:Fulham, London

(d.26th May 1915)

My Great Uncle Bill O'Brien fell at Flanders during the Great War in 1915. We have no idea where he is buried or if there is a memorial to him anywhere.




242788

AC2. William Attrata O'Brien

Royal Air Force 210 Squadron

from:Ballynoe

(d.18th Sep 1939)

Aircraftman 2nd Class William O'Brien was the Son of Peter and Sarah O'Brien, of Ballynoe. He is buried in the Ballon Catholic Churchyard, Ballon, Co. Carlow, Ireland.




249317

Pte. William O'Brien

British Army 7th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

from:Tipperary Town

William O'Brien was born and raised in Tipperary Town and enlisted in May 1915 whilst the 49th Brigade were stationed at the town barracks. He was assigned to the 7th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, a part of the 16th Irish Division. After initial training they embarked for England and were stationed at Pirbright in Surrey for more training whilst waiting to be posted overseas. They were sent to the Ypres sector in early 1916 and were holding trenches at Hulluch where they and several other Irish battalions were gassed during Easter Week 1916.

William saw some of the worst fighting on the Somme in September that year at Combles, Guillemont and Ginchy. After heavy losses the 7th Battalion was amalgamated with the 8th to form the 7th/8th. William continued to serve with them throughout 1917 serving at Passchendaele and Cambrai until the Battalion was disbanded in early 1918 and he transferred to 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers. He saw out the war with them eventually being discharged as medically unfit in June 1919.

He was given the Silver War Badge, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He was proud of his war service but it must have been difficult in the post war years as the local area was heavily involved in the War of Independence against Crown forces. All of William's sons went on to serve in either the Irish or British army including my grandfather and his youngest son Patrick was killed in action in Germany in April 1945.

William worked as a jarvey and died in Tipperary Town in the early 1950s and is buried in St Mary's Churchyard.




241964

Stwd. Ann O'Callaghan

Mercantile Marine SS Formby

from:Waterford

(d.16th Dec 1917)

Stewardess Ann O'Callaghan was the Daughter of Mrs. Alice O'Callaghan of 41 St. Joseph's Terrace, Green St., Waterford, and the late John O'Callaghan. She was 52 when she died and is buried East of the middle path in the Newtown (All Saints) Catholic Churchyard, Rossmire, Co. Waterford, Ireland.




259844

Major. John Charles O'Callaghan MC & Bar.

British Army 190th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery

(d.4th Apr 1918)

John O'Callaghan was born on 23rd September 1893 and joined up in October 1914 as a Private in the Honourable Artillery Company and became a Major with C Battery of the 109th Brigade,e Royal Field Artillery, serving in France and Italy. He was killed by a chance shell while on duty returning from an observation post in France on 4th April 1918 and is buried at Bienvillers Military Cemetery.

Major O'Callaghan was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry during operations near Contalmaison on the 9th/10th of July 1916, where the ammunition in a gun pit was ignited by a heavy enemy shell, and after a round had exploded, he entered the pit with a driver and at great personal risk extinguished the fire and removed the ammunition. The Bar to his Military Cross was awarded for conspicuous gallantry in action North of Flers on 16th of October 1916. He went out beyond the front line to observe for his battery while wire cutting, being exposed at the time to heavy fire. He has set a splendid example throughout the operations.




242345

L/Cpl. Michael O'Callaghan

British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

from:Castlebar, Ireland

(d.16th April 1918)

Michael O'Callaghan served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers.




217806

Pte. Benjamin O'Connell

British Army 1st Btn. Irish Guards

(d.8th Aug 1918)

Pte. B. O'Connell served with the Irish Guards 1st Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 8th August 1918 and is buried in the Bailleulmont Communal Cemetery in Pas-de-Calais, France.




233850

Pte. Jeremiah O'Connell

British Army 9th Btn., att. 250th Tunnelling Coy., Royal Eng. East Surrey Regiment

(d.6th Oct 1916)

Jeremiah O'Connell served with the 9th Btn. East Surrey Regiment and was attached to the 250th Tunnelling Coy., Royal Engineers.




242206

Pte. Jeremiah O'Connell

British Army 250th Tunnelling Company East Surrey Regiment on detachment to the Royal En

(d.6th Oct 1916)




241694

Cpl. Michael William O'Connell

British Army Royal Dublin Fusiliers

from:Kings County, Ireland




241475

Lt. Patrick Maurice O'Connell

Royal Air Force

from:Caherdaha, Macroom, Co. Cork

(d.15th October 1918)

Lieutenant O'Connell was the Son of J. P. O'Connell, of Caherdaha, Macroom, Co. Cork.

He was 21 when he died and is buried South of the Church in the Kilnamartyra Catholic Churchyard, Kilnamartyra, Co. Cork, Ireland.




240413

P/O Thomas Francis O'Connell

Royal Navy HMS Indus

from:Rathmullen

Petty Officer O'Connell was the husband of Margaret O'Connell of Pier Rd., Rathmullen.

He was 59 when he died on 14th July 1919 and is buried near the south boundary of the Killygarven Catholic Graveyard, Killygarven, Co. Donegal, Ireland.




248437

Pte. Albert Edward O'Connor

British Army 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

from:Wardington

(d.25th September 1918)




1523

Pte. Christoper O'Connor

British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers

from:Castledermont

(d.5th Sept 1917)

Christopher O'Connor was killed in action on the the 5th of September 1917, he also served in the African campaign.




240398

Pte. Edward Brian O'Connor

British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles

from:Belfast

Ned O'Connor served in France and Afghanistan.




246839

Lt. Edward Victor O'Connor

British Army 29th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

(d.12th May 1918)




232034

Cpl. F. O'Connor

Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

from:Bermuda

(d.19th January 1918)

Corporal O'Connor was the son of Frederick and Susan O'Connor, of St. Davids Island, Bermuda; husband of Julia Louvinia O'Connor.

He was 64 when he died and is buried in the Chapel of Ease Churchyard in Bermuda.




252286

Pte. James Herbert O'Connor

British Army 1st Btn. Manchester Regiment

from:New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

(d.6th Nov 1918)

My first cousin (2 times removed) James O'Connor served with the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment in Egypt in 1918. He died of illness on active service on 6th of November 1918 and is buried at the Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.

James was born in Bury, Lancashire in 1878 and married Sarah Alice Hornby in 1903. They emigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA in 1911. At his age James could have sat out the war in the relative comfort of New Bedford but showed his patriotism by returning to England and joining the Manchester Regiment.




242760

Pte. Jeremiah O'Connor

British Army 2nd Garrison Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers

(d.7th Nov 1918)

Private O'Connor is buried In the South-West part of the Whitechurch Cemetery, Whitechurch, Co. Cork, Ireland.




214593

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.




238221

AMC2 John O'Connor

Royal Air Force Recruits Training Wing

from:Gurteen, Ballyhooly

(d.27th Oct 1918)

John O'Connor was the son of Mrs M. O'Connor of Gurteen, Ballyhooly. He was aged 22 when he died at the Recruits Training Wing at Blandford and is buried in the Churchill Cemetery in Co. Cork, Ireland.




248469

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.




254737

Pte. John C. O'Connor

2nd Scottish Rifles

from:Glasgow

(d.4/21/18)




242565

Pte. Michael Joseph O'Connor

British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment

from:Annadale, West Lothian

(d.27th September 1916)

Private O'Connor was the Son of William O'Connor; husband of Margaret O'Connor, of 135, East Main St., Annadale, West Lothian.

He was 30 when he died and is buried in Plot 2 in the Templemore Catholic Cemetery, Templemore, Co. Tipperay, Ireland.




229254

Gnr. Peter O'Connor MM & Bar

Royal Field Artillery HQ Coy. 22nd Brigade

from:Newtongrange

Peter O'Connor's service record is still being researched. I understand his awards were in connection with re-establishing damaged communications lines in 'no-man's-land'.




241556

S/Sgt. T. J. O'Connor

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Castlecolumb, Knocktopher

Staff Serjeant O'Connor was the son of Mrs Catherine O'Connor, of Castlecolumb, Knocktopher. His brother James also died on service and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.

He was 28 when he died on the 23rd February 1919 and is buried about 10 yards North of the ruins in the Knocktopher (Old Abbey) Graveyard, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.




220123

Pte. Thomas O'Connor

British Army 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry

from:Airdrie

(d.14th Jul 1915)

Thomas O'Connor served with the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and was killed in action on 14th July 1915, aged 30. He is buried in the Lillers Communal Cemetery in France. He was the husband of Alice O'Connor, of 30, Wellwynd St., Airdrie.




237524

Drvr. Walter O'Connor

British Army Army Service Corps

from:Birr, Co. Offaly

(d.11th July 1917)

Walter O'Connor was the husband of Elizabeth O'Connor of Chapel St., Birr. He is buried in the Birr (Clonoghill) Cemetery, Co. Offaly, Ireland.







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