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Private JAMES O'CONNELL

Service Number: 1553763
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 January 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY

VII. D. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Patrick O'Connell, and of Rose Ethel O Connell, of Puddington, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR US. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY
Luxembourg Belgium
Number of casualties: 668
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