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Sailor WILLIAM O'BRIEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Stancliffe (London)

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1940

Age 52 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORWICK CEMETERY, UNST

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Catherine O'Brien, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

NORWICK CEMETERY, UNST
Shetland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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