World War I
CASUALTIES NOT ON THE
MEMORIAL Surnames O
O'Halloran, M.
Michael O'Halloran was a Gunner in the Royal
Navy with HMS Flirt. On 10 October 1911 he gained the Royal Humane
Society's medal for gallantry having gone down into the hold of a vessel
to rescue comrades overcome by foul gas
He was drowned on 1 June 1916 and is buried in Grave DV15 at St
James cemetery. He left a wife Ethel whom he had married in 1913. She
was the daughter of Mr William Davies who lived at 6 Church Place, Dover |
Oram, F. G. W.
Frank G W Oram, 2408, was a Corporal of Horse in
the 1st Life Guards. He died on 28 August 1914 at Millbank Military
Hospital which date was his 31st birthday. He had married Miss James a
schoolteacher from Dover in November the year before
His mother lived at 49 Longfield Road; his father had predeceased
him. He was buried at St Mary's, O K 28, with a military band and bearers from
the 3rd Home Counties (Cinque Ports) RFA (T)
Among the floral tributes were:
"To my darling son, from his sorrowing mother"
"In loving memory of our dear brother, from Ern and Emily"
His wife laid a sheaf of lilies tied with the deceased's regimental
colours which was interred with the coffin |
Owins,
F. A.
Francis A. Owins, 6069, was a Serjeant in the
Worcestershire Regiment 2nd battalion. He was 29 when he died of
wounds on
28 January 1916. He is buried at St James, Dover. L W 16
He was the son of George and Elizabeth Owins of
Worcester and husband of Frances A. E. Williams (formerly Owins nee
Carey) of 63 Buckland Avenue, Dover, whom he had married in 1910
His brother Douglas Morgan Owins, 5105, also died on 26 February
1919. He was 34 and had 18 years service. Born at Worcester he also
became a Serjeant in the Worcestershire Regiment and had been awarded
the DCM in an incident where he had been wounded, and subsequently
treated in hospital in Bristol. With a silver war badge and was
discharged on the grounds of sickness in 1916. He is buried at Worcester
(Astwood) Cemetery, Grave 27500. Married in 1913 he left a widow Annie Owins
(nee Griffiths) from 30 Washington Street, Worcester
with thanks to Mike Jones |
Osborn,
T. A.
Thomas Alfred Osborn,
G/13588 was a Private in the 1st battalion formerly the 2nd/4th
battalion of the Buffs (East Kent Regiment) On 1 September 1918 when
he was 20 he died of wounds received on 16 May. He was the son of
Thomas and Martha Osborn of 40 Oswald Road, Dover, and is buried at
Buckland. D 2381
His gravestone
states that he enlisted in October 1914 and died in King George's
hospital, London
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