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Gunner JAMES O'BRIEN

Service Number: 1115806
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

7 Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXI. E. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Kate O'Brien, of Ballon, Co. Carlow, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES AN IRISH SOLDIER AND WHOSE FATHER WAS ONE ALSO. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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