PO/Stok. William Charles Gerald O'Donnell . Royal Navy HMS Illustrious from Tipton, Staffordshire (d.19th Feb 1944)
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Sergeant Donald O'Donoghue . RAF 460 Squadron (d.9th October 1943)
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Sgt. Michael O'Donoghue . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 407 (Demon) Squadron (d.13th Feb 1945) Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Michael O'Donoghue was serving with No 407 Squadron RCAF, based at RAF Linton on Ouse. He is buried in the Ballyhea Cemetery, Charleville, Co. Cork, Ireland.
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Sqd Ldr. Gerard Wilfrid O'Donovan DSO. DFC.. Royal Air Force 582 Squadron Aged 89. Living near Bath although in poor health. His rear-gunner, Ernest Baker, wrote of Gerard O'Donovan, 'We all felt safe with Gerard. Wherever we went I never had any worries knowing Gerard would get us home. Gerard was a man to be respected and admired.'
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BJ O'dowd . British Army BJ O'dowd served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Flt.Sgt. James V. O'Dwyer . Royal Air Force 57 Squadron from Ireland Jim O'Dwyer may have been my father. He seems most likely from the little I was told. I would have been so proud of him. I would have loved to have known him. Sought him all my life, but he is probably gone now, I was told he was Irish and volunteered.
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ERA4 John Edward O'Flaherty . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke from Capri Road, Croydon, Surrey From my Dad, John O'Flaherty's Service Certificate I can see that he joined the Royal Navy as an Engineer & Turner on 10th of December 1942. He joined the following Ships,
- HMS Pembroke 2, joined as ERA4 on 10 December 1942 to 22 February 1943
- HMS Wayland, joined as ERA4 on 23 February 1943 to 9 December 1943
- HMS Hasdrubal (Ferryville) joined as ERA4 1 April 1944 to 2 December 1944
- HMS Pembroke joined as ERA4 3 December 1944 to 4 November 1945 when he was discharged, cause given as Physically unfit for Naval Service
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Upon his discharge he arrived in the Royal Naval Hospital Bristol, then to Warling Park Hospital, close to his family. As a child I don't remember much about him, he spent a lot of time in Hospital not returning home permanently till the late 1950's. Even then he seemed to be absent now and again.
He retrained as a Center Lathe Turner, having several jobs before settling down to work for Merryweathers building Engines for Fire Engines at their Deptford London branch. He retired at 65 and enjoyed five years of retirement before surcoming to Cancer. He is remembered by his Children and Grandchildren.
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AC/2 Alan Leo O'Grady . Royal Canadian Air Force 426 (Thunderbird) Sqdn. from Toronto, Ontario, Canada When my dad was on his way to England, he was talking to a guy aboard the ship and told him his name was Al O'Grady. This man said "That's funny - I was just talking to another O'Grady, named Wilfrid, on the other side of the ship." It turns out that was my dad's brother, who was in the army. They didn't know they were on the same ship.
The only thing he mentioned about being in York was that they would go to Bettys Bar and that he'd signed his name on the mirror there (along with 600 others). When I went there in the 1980s I couldn't find his name. I found a list of names online but it's not complete, and apparently part of the mirror was destroyed in a bombing attack.
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Joyce O'Grady . Women's Land Army from Leeds Joyce O'Grady served in the Land Army at Ilmer Burches Farm in Buckinghamshire. The photo shows L-R Joyce O'Grady, Unknown, Bill Byre and Daphne in about 1945.
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DO. Robert James O'Grady . Royal Navy HMNB Devonport from Liverpool
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O'Hagan . O'Hagan is amongst the names commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall. Can anyone provide additional details?
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Greaser Michael O'Hagan . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar from Glasgow, Scotland (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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F/O Walter O'Hagan . Royal Canadian Air Force 402 Squadron (d.23rd June 1944) I am looking for information on F/O Walter O'Hagan, 402 Squadron, RCAF. His Spitfire went missing over France 1943-44. I think he was stationed at Digby.
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O'Halloran . British Army O'Halloran (first name unknown) served with the British Army and died in active service. He is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance to Jarrow Town Hall, South Tyneside.
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Pte. John Joseph O'Halloran . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from Ireland (d.15th May 1940) John O'Halloran served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment in WW2. He died 15th of May 1940 aged 21 years and is buried Leopoldsburg War Cemetery in Belgium. Son of James and Hannah O'Halloran of Waterford, Co. Cork, Irish Republic.
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Trimmer Thomas O'Hanlon . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar from Liverpool (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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FW O'hara . British Army Reconnaissance Corps FW O'hara served with the Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Hugh O'Hara . British Army Royal Engineers from Airdrie My father Hugie O'Hara was amongst the troops who liberated Bergen Belsen on 15th April 1945 I think. He was in the Royal Engineers up untill 1952 and then from 1955 till 1959 in the TA 240 field Squadron RE's.
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Pte. James O'Hara . British Army 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.17th Aug 1942) James O'Hara died aged 28, he was born in Jarrow in 1913, son of Timothy and Mary O'Hara (nee King) of Jarrow. James is buried in
Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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Pte. John James "Irish" O'Hara . British Army 30th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from Spennymoor, Co. Durham My father, John O'Hara, joined the 6th DLI in 1939 was transferred to 10th DLI. After Dunkirk he went to Iceland. After returning to the UK he was eventually transferred to the 30th Btn. RNF. He was in North Africa in 1943 then onto Italy then eventually to Malta where he stayed until the end of the war.
When in Italy he told me he was running ammo up to the casino and would spend a lot of time seeing the sights with the Yanks. In Malta his truck, which we have the photo of, had Donald duck painted on the doors. He left Malta in 1946 and returned to the UK.
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F/S Leo Francis "Pat" O'Hara . RCAF mid upper gunner 419 Sqd. from Canada (d.10th Oct 1944)
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F/Sgt. Leo Francis O'Hara . Royal Canadian Air Force air gunner. 419 Sqd. (d.9th Oct 1944)
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Maj. Leo Noel O'Hara DSO.. British Army Royal Army Medical Corps from 3 Anderson Street, Chelsea Leo O'Hara was our dad. A doctor, he was a general practitioner in Chelsea and did urology and anaesthetics at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
He worked on both HMS Dorsetshire and HMHS Somersetshire at different times. His diary says he was on one of these ships (we're not sure which) at the evacuation from St. Nazaire in June 1940. On the quayside, he discovered a railway wagon containing a substantial amount of France's gold, it was being loaded as a whole into the front hold. He was under orders to remain in France, a fairly harebrained idea and jumped onto the ship as it was going down the lock on its way out of St. Nazaire. He was court-martialed and demoted to captain for a while as a result. As they had gone out to sea, they had to steer around the Lancastria, which had been sunk the day before with a major loss of life.
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Lilian O'Hara . Land Army My mother-in-law, Lilian O'Hara, died last year, and amongst her posessions were two badges - one which I think is a Land Army hat badge and the other looks like the Olympic rings. We also found a photo of her with the Olympics ring badge fastening her shirt at the collar. Please can anyone tell me if the Olympics badge is something to do with the Land Army? We would love to know.
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Ron O'Hare . British Army Intelligence Corps from Northern Ireland Ron O'Hare served in Intelligence Corps in WWII. In 1946 he was based in Lienz, Austria with Frank O'Leary. They both married Austrian girls.
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Sgt. John Francis O'Kane . British Army from 12 King St. Londonderry John O'Kane served with the British Army.
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Cook John Joseph O'Keefe . Merch. Sea. Cook RMS Athenia from Helensburgh, Scotland (d.4th Sep 1939) My maternal Grandad John Joseph O'Keefe was the ship's cook onboard the fated Athenia, the 1st ship to be torpedoed in the 2nd World War.
His name is on the Cenotaph in our local park in Helensburgh, Hermitage Park, although my Nanny, Mary O'Keefe was never given a war widows pension. He didnt die straight away but did die eventually as a result of his injuries sustained during the attack.
He was landed at Galway and spent several months in hospital. A lot of his injuries were burns due to the stock pot pouring over him during the blasts.
He left behind his wife Mary and 6 children, Margaret, Rose, Frances (my Mum), Mary, Effie and his only son, John.
I would love to have any other information that anyone may have about the crew and survivors. Many thanks.
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Warren O'Keefe . Australian Army
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Pte. Patrick O'Keeffe . British Army 1st Btn Highland Light Infantry from Silvertown, London (d.13th Aug 1944) Uncle Pat O'Keeffe was a London Lad with an Irish father and an English Mother. At 5ft 7 and just over 9 stone and with big blue eyes he was a tough lad.
He joined in 1943 and deployed to France in late June 1944.
He was killed in action on the 13th of Aug 1944 and is buried at Banneville-La-Champagne War Cemetery.
He was 28 years young.
A single man, he was survived by his brothers/sisters Nieces and nephews
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Sgt. Thomas Patrick O'Keeffe . British Army Corps of Military Police from Newbridge (d.30th August 1945) Thomas O'Keeffe was my grandfather. He died in August 1945. He originally served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers then, during WW2, joined the Corps of Military Police.
Following his death, his widow Kathleen Alice O'Keeffe moved to Darwen in Lancashire with her two young children and made a new life there. Her daughter, Kathleen Roselyn O'Keeffe, married my father Peter Summerfield and they had three children.
He is buried in St. Conleth's Cemetery in County Kildare.
I understand he was a drummer in the Army and would love to find more information on this, as well as his other military records.
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