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Pte. James O'Neil
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Coventry
(d.13th Nov 1915)
James O'Neil voluntarily signed up as soon as War was announced, he was even too impatient to wait in the queues in Coventry City he went up to Nuneaton to sign up, and was assigned to the Durham Light Infantry on 5th of September 1914.
On 9th September 1914 he travelled by train to Newcastle, then on to Halton Park for training with the Battalion.
After being moved to billets in Maidenhead, he then sailed for Boulogne, France from Folkestone on the Duchess of Argyle.
By October 1915 he had reached the Belgium border, and in November was in the trenches at Frelinghein, just outside Houplines.
He volunteered for Listening Post Duty on 13th of November 1915 but received a severe head injury and died of his wounds in a field ambulance the same day.
He is buried at Bailleul Cemetery in France.
James was the youngest son of Eliza and James O'Neil, and one of 3 brothers that fought in WW1.