Army Number: 2718553 Rank: Guardsman Name: R O’BRIEN Unit: 1 Irish Guards GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939 TNA Reference: WO 100/503
Army Number: 2718553 Rank: Guardsman Name: R O’BRIEN Unit: 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 7 January 1944, 400 Local Currency, E Coy. 3 C.R.U. ; Location as of March 1945: 3rd Bn Irish Guards, BLA Killed in Action 17 March 1945
Casualty Lance Corporal O'BRIEN, REGINALD (REGGIE) Service Number 2718553 Died 13/04/1945 Aged 25 3rd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Christopher Barry O'Brien and Beatnce O'Brien, of Fairfield, Liverpool. INSCRIPTION: LOVING MEMORIES OF REGGIE. SADLY MISSED BY MOTHER AND FAMILY "SAFE WITH JESUS" Buried at BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Location: Niedersachsen, Germany Cemetery/memorial reference: 7. G. 1. See cemetery plan