307921 (2723829) Robin Romney O’KELLY, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards

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    Personal Number: 307921
    Army Number: 2723829
    Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Name: *Robert Romney O'KELLY
    Unit: Irish Guards


    London Gazette : 11 April 1944
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36461/supplement/1659/data.pdf
    The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts. : —
    28th Jan. 1944: —
    I. G'ds.
    307921 (2723829) Robert Romney O'KELLY


    * CWGC etc states Robin
     
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    Casualty

    Lieutenant O'KELLY, ROBIN ROMNEY
    Service Number 307921
    Died 15/11/1944
    Aged 19
    1st Bn. Irish Guards
    Son of Charles Martin O'Kelly and Agnes Monica O'Kelly, of Straffen, Co. Kildare, Irish Republic.
    INSCRIPTION: BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
    Buried at SITTARD WAR CEMETERY
    Location: Limburg (Netherlands), Netherlands
    Cemetery/memorial reference: L. 2.
    See cemetery plan
     
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    Irish Times, Saturday, May 19, 1945:
    Irish Times, Saturday, May 19, 1945.png
     

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