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263268 WO2 John Henry "Jack" OHara British Army 1st Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment from:Clewer (d.8th Mar 1945) Jack OHara was my grandmother's brother. He was a pre war regular and was with the Regiment in France in 1940. There is a brief glimpse of him on a Pathe News reel alighting from a boat at Margate on return from Dunkirk, wearing only a great coat, the narrative had not long said the men of the rearguard. This was pointed out to my mother by her mother and then to me. He was sent to India with the rest of 2nd Division where they saw some action in 1943 before being called upon to lift the siege at Kohima and Imphal in 1944. Fighting all the way to the gates of Mandalay, our Jack died of wounds two weeks before the Berkshires were withdrawn from the line for good. My Nan Mary bore the loss of her brother for the rest of her life Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.