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• O'Brien, Francis. b. 1883. Private. No. S/7370. 2nd Bn, The Gordon Highlanders. Scottish. Enlisted in November 1914 and was sent to France in April 1915. Killed in action near Rue d'Ouvert, north-east of Givenchy on 18th June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Son of Patrick and Mary O'Brien. Husband of Mrs Bridget O'Brien of Hallside Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow. (added 02/06/99)

• O'Brien, Frank. b. 1917. Gunner. No. 897321. 306th (Renfrewshire) Battery, 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA). Scottish. Enlisted at Cathcart, Glasgow, on 26th April 1939. The 306th Battery was a Territorial Artillery Unit based at Cathcart, with the Regimental Headquarters and 305th Battery at Greenock. Mobilised in September 1939 the regiment moved to France as part of the 51st Highland Division in January 1940. In February 1940 an exchange of units took place and the 77th Field Regiment, along with the 6th (Perthshire) Battalion, The Black Watch, was transferred to the 4th Infantry Division, a Regular Army Division with the British Expeditionary Force. After the Evacuation of Dunkirk in May 1940 the unit was stationed in the New Forest area of Hampshire, England, during the imminent threat of German invasion. The 77th returned to Scotland in April 1942 and was stationed in the borders at Selkirk, making numerous trips to Loch Fyne for combined operations training. In March 1943 the regiment moved to North Africa with the First Army. Between March and May 1943 it took part in the Battles of Oued Zarga, Medjez Plain and Tunis where, on the Cap Bon peninsula, the guns of the 306th Battery fired the last shots of the Tunisian Campaign. After a short period in Egypt the regiment moved to Italy in March 1944 where it saw action in the Battles of Monte-Cassino II, Liri Valley, Trasimene Line, Arezzo, the Advance on Florence and the Rimini Line. In December 1944 the 77th was diverted to Greece with the 4th Division during the unrest caused by the Greek Civil War. After the war Gnr.Frank O'Brien became a postman with the G.P.O in Glasgow where he worked until his retirement in 1979. The son of the late Philip O'Brien and Mary Ann O'Brien of Hallside Street, Glasgow,he married Mary Mcfarlane in 1947, and later became father of Frances, Geraldine, Raymond and Christopher. In 1964 the 306th Battery held its first reunion in Glasgow. Frank served as a member of the "306th Committee" until his death in 1989. With a dwindling roll of comrades the 77th Field Regiment held its final reunion in Eastbourne in 1990.

• O’Brien, Norman. Sergeant 2nd Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). Number 2752619. Son of Mr and Mrs Christopher O’Brien, husband of Phyllis May O’Brien, father of David and uncle of Mrs A P Warren. Died on 1st October 1947 aged 33 and buried in Highgate Cemetery, Middlesex, Square 140, Grave 49248. (added 13/09/05)

• O’Keefe, Sarah, Stewardess, HMS Crescent, Women’s Royal Naval Service, Number G/4649. Daughter of Mrs Annie O’Keefe of 18 Livingstone Street, Addiewell, Midlothian. Died aged 23 on 18th February 1919. She is buried in West Calder Cemetery, Grave reference D.201 and her name is recorded on the West Calder War Memorial. Name submitted by her Nephew from Ontario, Canada. (added 31/05/09)

• O'Neill, Edward. b. 1899. Private. No. 3207234. 21st Reserve Bn, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Canadian/Scottish. He was drowned on Saturday, 9th August 1919, aged 20. He is buried at Witley (Milford) Cemetery, Surrey, England. His parents, Sarah Hartley and John O'Neill came from Wigtownshire, Scotland. (added 01/05/01)

• Oag, George Marchbank. b. 1883. Private. No. 25202. 14th Bn, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Scottish. Killed in action on Sunday 31st December 1916 at Rouen, France, age 31, and is buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Born and enlisted in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the son of James and Margaret Oag. Husband of Mary Cairns and father of John, George and Mary. Residing in Edinburgh. (added 10/08/01)

• Ogilvie, Charles Scott, Lance Corporal, 13th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born 19th December 1886 in Glasgow. Went to Canada in 1913 to work for Canadian National Railways. Enlisted 19th August 1914. Landed in France 2nd February 1915. Served at Ypres. Gassed 23rd April 1915 and captured by the Germans the following day. POW at Gottingen, Cassel, Langensalza and Soltau. Repatriated to Canada, married in Montreal and had two children. Died as a result of his injuries 28th August 1939. Name submitted by his Grandson in Vancouver, Canada. (added 01/08/07)

• Ogilvie, James Roy, Second Lieutenant, 80th Field Company Royal Engineers. Born on 16th June 1898, son of C. S. Ogilvie of Claremont, Burnside, Glasgow. Died aged 20 on 22nd August 1918 and buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension Grave reference V. C. 3. Name submitted by his Grand Nephew.(added 8/1/07)

• Osborne, John Frater, 2/Lt Seaforth Highlanders, Mentioned in Dispatches, number 323185. Son of James Frater Osborne and Isabella Osborne of Glasgow. Killed in action in Italy aged 23 1st October 1944. He is buried in Coriano Ridge War Cemetery Grave reference XV,D,L. Name submitted by his Cousin in Caerffnnon, Barry.(added 22/11/07)

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