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Private James O'Neill
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.9th Aug 1915)
3/8215 Private James O'Neill enlisted at Barnard Castle and joined the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. The prefix 3/ in front of his number refers to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry which was based in August 1914 at Newcastle-on-Tyne. A depot/training unit, it moved on mobilisation to South Shields where it then remained as part of the Tyne Garrison. He would have joined this unit for basic training and preparation to join a Service Battalion on active service. He was allocated to the 2nd Battalion and retained his current number (soldiers often changed numbers on allocation to different units). He lived at 7 Straker Street, East Jarrow with his wife Emily O'Neill nee Spencer. A search of 1911 census reveals the family were living at 97 Campbell Street, South Shields with James age 31 working as a Colliery Labourer (shipster)above ground for Harton Coal Company. His wife Emily is 22 years old with son James 1 year old and daughter Emily 3 years old.
James died on the 9th August 1915 aged 35 and is commemorated at the Jarrow Library and at the Menin Gate Memorial Ypres.
L/Cpl. James O'Neill
British Army 1st Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:2 Greenhow Tce, Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.16th March 1915)
Pte. John Arthur O'Neill
British Army 5th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Hinckley
(d.10th July 1916)
Bdm. John Robert O'Neill
British Army 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Whitley Bay
We only know John O'Neill was admitted to St George's Mental Hospital in January 1933. He died there in December 1940
Rflmn. Joseph O'Neill MID.
British Army Royal Irish Rifles
from:Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
(d.6th Sep 1918)
Joseph O'Neill joined up with the Royal Irish Rifles, he was posted to the London Irish Rifles. He was killed on the 6th September 1918.
Pte. Martin O'Neill
British Army 6th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Dublin, Ireland
(d.24th October 1918)
Martin O'Neill was my father's cousin. I have only recently found out about him. He died in France and is buried in Wimille, France. He died 2 days short of his 19th birthday.
Cpl. Matthew O'Neill
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Cardiff
(d.18th Apr 1918)
Pte. Michael Fursey O'Neill
British Army 5th Reserve Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:Durrus, Co. Cork
(d.5th November 1918)
Private O'Neill was the Son of John and Julia O'Neill, of Ballycomane, Durrus, Co. Cork.
He was 35 when he died and is buried to the right of the entrance, beyond chapel in the Maulinward Burial Ground, Durros, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Pte Michael O'Neill
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.29th Apr 1916)
Michael O'Neill served with 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Pte. Owen O'Neill
British Army 2nd Btn. Irish Guards
from:Dungannon, Ireland
(d.13th April 1918)
Pte. Patrick O'Neill
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Port Glasgow
(d.26th Sep 1915)
Sgt Patrick Joseph "Paddy" O'Neill MID
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
Patrick is my grandad. He did not talk much of the war. I wish I had recorded what he did say, and perhaps got him to say more. He did tell us how they found urinating on their wooly socks and put them over their nose during Mustard Gas attacks worked better than the "useless" gas masks.
He fought in the Somme and Ypres. I have a parchment stating "gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field March 9th 1917" also his name to be entered into the regimental records, but I don't know where to find more about that as he did not say.
He stayed in the Army and protected Michael Collins during the troubles in Ireland in the 1920s. He lived a good long life and died aged 86.
Pte. Patrick O'Neill
British Army 3rd Btn. Irish Guards
from:Knocktopher, Kilkenny
My grandfather Patrick O'Neill, fought in WW1. He joined the Irish Guards at the age of 18. He trained at Warley and apparently one night he caused a disturbance in the Barrack Room after lights out. Again, apparently he threw a bow and a boot at a comrade at 11.30.p.m. He had 5 days Confined to Barracks.
When he was posted to France he suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his thigh which had an impact on his patella. He had numerous operations on his leg at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Dublin Castle Red Cross Hospital, Loughlinstown Military Hospital and Leopardstown Military Hospital. He never talked about what happened in France. He passed away when he was 57. He was such a wonderful, caring person and will not be forgotten.
Lt. T O'Neill
British Army 1/1st Queens Own Dorset Yeomanry
(d.29th May 1919)
Lieutenant O'Neill died on the 29th May 1919. He is buried in the North-Eastern part of the Loughcrew Church of Ireland Churchyard, Loughcrew, Co. Meath, Ireland.
Sgt. Thomas O'Neill
British Army 22nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.26th Mar 1918)
22/493 Sgt. Thomas O'Neill enlisted at Jarrow and joined the 22nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. The 22nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry were the Division's Pioneers and as such would have been involved in work on trenches, roads, accommodation and trench railways. He died on the 26th March 1918 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church and the Pozieres Memorial Panel 68 to 72.
His medal card shows him awarded with the British War and Victory Medals - a pair which was commonly referred to as Mutt and Jeff - again cartoon characters of those times.
The date of his death was just before the German Offensive and the great retreat in April 1918 so he was probably killed during defensive preparation works as a Pioneer near the front line.
Thomas was born in Jarrow in 1891 and the 1911 census has him living at 45 South Street, Jarrow with his wife Betsy O'Neill nee Sanderson and their daughter Catherine aged 1. He is employed as a labourer in the Platers section of a Boilermaking Works.
Drvr. Thomas O'Neill
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Cappagh, Co. Waterford
(d.14th October 1915)
Thomas O'Neill was 30 when he died. He is buried in the South-East part of Affane Old Church of Ireland Churchyard. He was the son of Richard O'Neill, of Coolenane, Cappagh, Co. Waterford. He served as Thomas Neale.
Driver Thomas O'Neill
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Cappagh, Co. Waterford
(d.14th October 1915)
Driver O'Neill (Served as NEALE). Son of Richard O'Neill, of Coolenane, Cappagh, Co. Waterford.
He was 30 when he died and is buried in the south-east part of the Affane Old Church of Ireland Churchyard in Co. Waterford, Ireland
Pte. WIlliam O'Neill
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Coleraine, N.Ireland
(d.5th December 1917)
A.Sgt William O'Neill
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
from:Edinburgh
(d.16th September 1917)
William O'Neill is the great uncle of my wife. William's sister Isabella immigrated to Canada before the Great War. Her married surname was Groom. The Widow's Penny that was distributed to a deceased soldier's next of kin in now in our possession here in Canada. William's mother was Eliza O'Neill who lived in Edinburgh at 45 Albany Street. We have a copy of his will written 24 June 1917 obtain via the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Gnr. Albert James O'Reilly
British Army 52nd Battery, 15th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Birkenhead
(d.7th Sep 1916)
Albert James O'Reilly was my mother's uncle and was born in Birkenhead, one of 12 children, to my great-grandparents James and Esther O'Reilly. Prior to being called up to fight in World War 1, he worked as a post office telegraph messenger. I never knew him and, in fact, neither did my mother, as she was born in 1920, four years after he was killed on the Somme aged just 19. All that the family knew about him was obtained from my grandmother, Albert's older sister - but it was very little, so the online records have been invaluable in tracing where exactly he was buried.
We knew he was a gunner and died in Battle on the Somme in 1916 - I still have his Great War Medal passed down to me by my mother and to her by my grandmother. I now hope, with my brother, to visit his grave in France in July 2016 to mark the centenary of his death - the first occasion anyone in the family (as far as I am aware) has made this visit. We should always remember all those killed in action so that others might live. God bless you Uncle Albert - rest in peace.
L/Sgt. William O'Reilly
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
(d.6th January 1917)
Lance Serjeant O'Reilly is buried west of the church in the Kilmainhamwood Old Graveyard, Kilmainhamwood, Co. Meath, Ireland.
Lt O'Riley
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
Pte Constantine O'Rourke MM
British Army 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:West Hartlepool
(d.2nd Feb 1917)
Pte. George Thomas Tracy O'Rourke
British Army 53rd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:12 Miles Lane, Mitcham, Surrey
Sadly I never met my Grandfather, George O'Rourke but since researching my family tree I have got to know him and those who knew him.
Pte. James O'Rourke
British Army 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
from:Maudlin St. Kilkenny
(d.4th May 1917)
James O'Rourke had previously been wounded. He is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Pte. Michael James O'Rourke VC MM
Canadian Expeditionary Force 7th (1st British Columbia) Battalion
from:Canada
Pte. Michael O'Shaughnessy
British Army Depot Royal Irish Regiment
Private O'Shaughnessy died on 12th January 1919 and is buried in the Old Kildimo Graveyard, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
Gnr. T. O'Shea
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Kilrush, Co. Clare
Gunner O'Shea was the husband of Ellen O'Shea, of Kilrush, Co. Clare.
He died on 3rd January 1919 and is buried Near the West boundary of the Labasheeda (Killofin) Cemetery, Killofin, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Capt. A. M. O'Sullivan
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Rflmn. A. M. O'Sullivan
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.8th June 1917)
Rifleman O'Sullivan was the son of Michael and Mary A. O'Sullivan, 12 Avon Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
He was killed in action on 8th June 1917 and was buried in Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery, Grave B.12. He was 29 years old when he died.
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