Peter O'Connor
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Rank and number: Able Seaman (Service no. D/JX 257176)
Parents: Timothy and Brigid O'Connor
Marital status: Single
Home address: Kilhile, Co Wexford, Ireland
Pre-war occupation: Machinist
Date of birth: 24/04/1907
Date of death: 23/10/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated at Plymouth Naval memorial
Further information:
Peter was born in Kilhile, Wexford, Ireland. On the 1911 census, he had an elder sister and younger brother. At the time of the 1939 register Peter was living in Unity Street, Kingswood (sharing a house with a Margaret Sheppard). His year of birth varies in the later records, but the date and month are consistent. The CWGC gives his parents address as Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Peter enlisted in the Royal Navy and on the 23rd of October 1943 he was serving on HMS Charybdis (A Dido-class cruiser). During Operation Tunnel where the English Channel meets the Atlantic, the ship was attacked by several German torpedo boats and sunk with a heavy loss of life
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information is based by kind permission on the following source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Findmypast, Volunteer Researcher John Davis.