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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

CH. Inspected and cleaned. Black lettering fading

Photographer: DAVID JOHN BAILEY

  • 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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