1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

William Turlough O'Connor

Contributed by: Cath Rhodes, on 2008-11-11

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Rank
First Name William Turlough
Surname O'Connor
Year of Birth Unknown
Year of Death 1916
Regiment Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Place of Wartime Residence Aberdare

William Turlough's Story

Drowned in the English Channel when his minesweeper, HMS Dagon was torpedoed by a U Boat and sunk. Remembered on the Plymouth War Memorial, youngest son of William & Margaret O'Connor, Abernant House, Aberdare, South Wales.

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