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In memoriam

Rifleman Robert O'Hara

 

 

Rifleman Robert O'Hara, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, Service No. 40908. Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 2140. Died in England on 1 April 1917 from wounds received in action on the Somme, aged 20. Buried in Hamilton (Bent) Cemetery, Lanarkshire, Scotland, grave New 754. The gravestone inscription reads:

Erected by

EDWARD & SOPHIA O'HARA

IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR SON

ROBERT

1ST ROYAL IRISH RIFLES

DIED IN SALFORD MILITARY HOSPITAL MANCHESTER

FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION ON SOMME FRANCE

1ST APRIL 1917 AGED 20 YEARS

ALSO THE ABOVE

EDWARD O'HARA

DIED 3RD OCT. 1945 AGED 74 YEARS

ALSO THE ABOVE SOPHIA O'HARA

DIED 22ND SEPT. 1953 AGED 82 YEARS

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.