In Memory Of

O'CONNOR, ARTHUR CATHAL

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1891-09-28
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 1st Bn.
Regiment:
 Norfolk Regiment
Date of Death:
 1916-07-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 3 June 1916 pg. 5576 - "During a German attack, after a heavy bombardment and the explosion of three large mines, Captain O'Connor was buried up to his armpits in one of the mine explosions. He extricated himself and dug for nine hours until he had rescued four buried men, all of whom he got out alive, although one died subsequently."
Son of Arthur Patrick and Alice O'Connor, of Wordsworth Road, Worthing. Born Dublin. By April 2nd 1911, Arthur and his parents were living at Colchester Castle in Colchester, Essex. Arthur was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge. His father was a Colonel in the Army Medical Service. After graduating from Cambridge, Arthur joined the army in 1913, serving in the First Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment. Arthur was wounded in the battle of Aisne. He was made a Captain in May 1915. Commemoration stone in Teddington Cemetery. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard