Who then was the gentleman ?
“I have no homeland. I was born in one country, grew up in another, and live in a third. I have survived, but I do not belong anywhere. Not even in my own skin.”
Sgt James O’Connell MM 2nd Middlesex, killed attacking near the Hannebeek in the Ypres salient 31.7.1917.
Body never recovered . His widow, her six week old twins and five other children had a future of intense poverty.
A grateful nation was not that grateful.
Remembered.
Sgt James O’Connell MM 2nd Middlesex, killed attacking near the Hannebeek in the Ypres salient 31.7.1917.
Body never recovered . His widow, her six week old twins and five other children had a future of intense poverty.
A grateful nation was not that grateful.
Remembered.
His children became teachers, nurses, doctors. Died in 1940 aged 80
My great grandfather . I could not be prouder.
His children became teachers, nurses, doctors. Died in 1940 aged 80
My great grandfather . I could not be prouder.