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Spr. Francis James O'Neill
British Army 38th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Glasgow
My paternal grandfather, Francis James O'Neill, a plumber's apprentice enlisted before WW1 at Maryhill Barracks in Glasgow.
I have his brass cigarette box issued in Christmas 1914 so I believe he was with the First BEF. He also named my father, middle name Ypres, pretty unusual for someone then living in North Wales so I presume from that and the unit movements he was involved in the Second Battle of Ypres.
After service life he was custodian/caretaker of some of the Army camps in North Wales which were used seasonally, notably the Horse Artillery Camp at Bronaber near Trawsfynydd NW.