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Sgt. Robert "Baby Face" O'Brien
British Army 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:11 Barrington Street, Aberfan
Bob O'Brien was the Regimental Middleweight Boxing Champion of the 2nd Middlesex Regiment, he worked his way up the ranks and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1945.
He enlisted at Mill Hill in November 1937.
He was in France with the BEF from September 1939 to June 1940, evacuated from Dunkirk and later went to West Africa, India and Burma. After the war he was with the 3rd Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment.