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Pte. William O'Hara
British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Dean, Lumb, Rossendale
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Willie O'Hara was born in October 1880 in Dean, Lumb, Lancashire to Patt and Mary O'Hara, who had moved from Co Mayo, Ireland to Dean, near Lumb, they worked in the local cotton mill. Willie was one of nine children, one died shortly after birth and another at age 7. Willie married in 1908 to Clara Chamley, they had one child, William, who died after a few days and is buried in Lumb Baptist grave yard. Willie and Clara lived in Terracotta Cottages in Water, a small hamlet near Lumb and worked as a warehouse man.
I think he enlisted in Bacup and joined the 1st Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme and he has no known grave. Willie was my Great Grand Uncle.