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Robert O'Connor, Sergeant with the Leinster Regiment 1914
Robert O’Connor (1880-1917) was Sergeant with the Leinster Regiment and brother-in-law of Captain DD Sheehan MP (RMF). Born in Tralee Ireland, he joined the British Army at an early age and served in the South African Campaign, then with the Seaforth Highlanders before he transferred to the "A" Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Leinster Regiment (Service No. 9337) during World War I. He married …
Contributors
- Niall O'Siochain
Creator
- unknown unknown
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- Trench Life
- World War I
Type of item
- Drawing
- Drawing
Date
- 1914
- 1914
- 1914
Contributors
- Niall O'Siochain
Creator
- unknown unknown
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- Trench Life
- World War I
Type of item
- Drawing
- Drawing
Date
- 1914
- 1914
- 1914
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2012-04-09 16:59:30 UTC
- 2012-04-09
- 2012-04-09
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/623e9f76e1b4a7b54ce9fb81d1ca3669
Places
- Western Front
- Youghal, Ireland
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 46599
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/3840/attachments/46599
Extent
- 19
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1914
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:42:07.585Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- Robert O’Connor (1880-1917) was Sergeant with the Leinster Regiment and brother-in-law of Captain DD Sheehan MP (RMF). Born in Tralee Ireland, he joined the British Army at an early age and served in the South African Campaign, then with the Seaforth Highlanders before he transferred to the "A" Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Leinster Regiment (Service No. 9337) during World War I. He married when on home leave in Youghal, county Cork in April 1916, then met his death on 31st July 1917 during the Third Battle of Passchendaele. He has no known grave, but his name is commemorated on panel 44 of the Menin Gate Wall in Ypres, Belgium. His only son Robert (Bob) was born shortly after he was killed, in August 1917. He later became Sergeant in the Irish Army at the Collins Military Barracks, Cork and father of three daughters, Eleanor, Mary and Noreen.