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D.C.M. London Gazette 30.3.1916 'For conspicuous gallantry. When part of the parapet had been blown in, he, on his own initiative, set to work to repair it in full view of the enemy and under heavy artillery fire'.
Private Frank O'Connell, D.C.M., who was from Bow, Middlesex, died of wounds in France on 25.8.1916, while serving with the 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Aged 23 years, he appears to have been buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in the Parish of Finbar, Cork. Very probably O'Connell was wounded in the attack on Guillemont on 16.8.1916, when the leading waves of his Battalion were subjected to heavy rifle fire from the front, and machine-gun fire from the flanks, soon after going "Over the Top". Out of the original attacking force of nearly 250 men, over 180 became casualties.
Private Frank O'Connell, D.C.M., who was from Bow, Middlesex, died of wounds in France on 25.8.1916, while serving with the 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Aged 23 years, he appears to have been buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in the Parish of Finbar, Cork. Very probably O'Connell was wounded in the attack on Guillemont on 16.8.1916, when the leading waves of his Battalion were subjected to heavy rifle fire from the front, and machine-gun fire from the flanks, soon after going "Over the Top". Out of the original attacking force of nearly 250 men, over 180 became casualties.