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World War I
CASUALTIES ON THE
MEMORIAL Surnames O
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O'Dell, G.
A.
George Alexander O'Dell,
3445. He was a Corporal in the 2nd/7th battalion of the
Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He died of wounds on 1st
June 1918, at the age of 36, and is buried at Aire
Communal cemetery, France.
He was the son of Mrs. E.
Chittenden, of Dover, born in Kasauli, India, and
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Oliver, C. F.
Charles Frederick Oliver, 30147.
He was a Private in the
2nd/5th battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (formerly
33580 East Surreys). He was killed in action on 9th October
1917, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial
He was the husband of Mrs. E. S. Oliver, of 32, Minerva
Avenue, Dover, and was born and enlisted in Dover. . |
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O'Lone, R.
Robert O'Lone. He was a
2nd Lieutenant, temporary Captain in the 2nd battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles.
He was mentioned in despatches. He was 21 when he was
killed in action
on 11th November 1915, and is buried at Tancrez Farm
Cemetery, near Armentieres in France.
He was the son of
Son of John and Mary O'Lone, of Belfast; husband of
Gladys Louise O'Lone, of 11, Grove Avenue, Twickenham,
Middlesex. |
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Osborn, G.
A. C.
George Ashby Chadwick
Osborn. Born at Hartlepool in 1888, he was a temporary Captain in the
Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment, 7th
battalion. He was killed in action on 24th October, 1917, and is
commemorated on the Doiran Memorial, Greece. |
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Osborn, G.
C.
Gordon Chadwick Osborn.
Born at Romney Marsh in 1894, he
was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, and was
21 when he was killed in action on 18th April, 1915. He was the son
of Colonel George Osborn (Royal Artillery), of Lavington
Vernon, British Columbia, and is buried at Bedford House
Cemetery, near Ypres in Belgium. |
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Osborne, A.
E.
Archibald Edward Osborne was a
Captain in the Buffs. He was in the 5th (Weald of Kent) battalion
(territorial),
attached to the 10th battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
(another report says he was in the Loyal North Lancs
Regiment, attached to the Worcestershires).
He had received the award of the Croix de Guerre with
Palm (France), and gazetted from the Honourable
Artillery Company. He was 27 when he was killed in
action on (20th) 21st March
1918, and is commemorated on the Arras memorial in
France.
His parents were William
Edward and Katherine Osborne, of 13 Hope Park, Bromley,
Kent, late of Dover. |
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Osborne, A.
G.
Albert George Osborne,
42076. He was born in Malta, and enlisted in Dover to
become a Private in 7th battalion of the Norfolk Regiment.
He died of wounds on 2nd October 1918, at Abbeville,
France, and is buried there, when he was 18.
He was the
eldest of six children, four boys and two girls, the
family of
Walter John and Ada Ozanne Osborne, of 2 Denison Villa,
Underdown Road, Dover. They also lived at 108 Heathfield
Avenue, Dover, and Mrs Osborne lived at 2 Noah's Ark
Road, and possibly also in the cottages at the summit of
the Whitfield hill.
(We Remember 06)
footnotes:
2 Denison Villa was later
the home of
Maggie S-K's great aunt, Margaret Samuelson,
nee Easton
Albert came from Guernsey, and is also on
Channel Islands Great War
Study Group
website |
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Ovenden, H.
Herbert Stephen Ovenden was
a
Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Army Service Corps. He
died on 3rd September 1916, at the age of 44. He
was the son of William and Charlotte E. Ovenden, of
Dover; husband of Esther Mabel Ovenden, of 13, Queen
Bertha Road, Ramsgate. He was buried on 7th September at Charlton cemetery
in Dover, United Kingdom. QJ 24. |
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