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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Runcorn
• Land Ches., England
• Last residence Runcorn
• Family Son of Mrs O'Neill, Brunswick Street, Runcorn; two brothers also died in the Great War: James O'Neill, died in May 1917 (Baghdad) and John O'Neill was killed in action on 4 January 1917.
• Profession Employed at Wiggs Works

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 11 January 1915 Chester
• Service number 241014
• Rank Private
• Medals 1915 Star; British War Medal; Allied Victory
• Regiment and unit 15th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
• Other data related to military career To France on 13 October 1915; shell shock July 1916; seriously wounded September 1916 (in hospital till May 1917); stationed on the East Coast, but volunteered to return.

Death

• Wounded 28 September; les Trois Rois
• Type of wounds Severe gunshot wounds in foot, left leg, right hand and head.
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - B - 24

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