O'Brien Christopher Ronald Pte 5182881 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=O'Brien Christopher Ronald
|Army number=5182881
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=Gloucs - dis 25/2/39 on ToE, 25/R/E 1/7/1939, Trf Recce Corp 14/10/41, Back 1/4/42, Trf SLI 22/6/1943, Posted 9th Bn, Trf DLI 18/4/1944, Posted ? 11th Bn DLI, PoW - DNK, Repat 14/8/1944, Disch under KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/2/1945.
|Home address=Gloucester Regiment Books show this man as 5181081
|Source table=PBM
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=O'Brien Christopher Ronald
 |Army number=5182881
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=1/8/1918.
 |Age=52 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Gloucester Regiment, Territorial Army - discharged 25/2/39 on Termination of Engagement.  Re-Enlisted 1/7/1939 and posted to 5th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment. Transferred to  Reconnaissance Corps 14/10/41.  Transferred back to Gloucester Regiment 1/4/42. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 22/6/1943 and posted to the 9th Battalion.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1944.  Probably posted to the 11th Battalion DLI, but this is yet to be confirmed.  Wounded and captured in Normandy and made a Prisoner of War - possibly 22/6/1944. Repatriated to the UK 14/8/1944. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/2/1945.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Gloucester Regiment, Territorial Army - discharged 25/2/39 on Termination of Engagement.  Re-Enlisted 1/7/1939 and posted to 5th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment. Transferred to  Reconnaissance Corps 14/10/41.  Transferred back to Gloucester Regiment 1/4/42. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 22/6/1943 and posted to the 9th Battalion.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1944.  Posted to the 10th Battalion The DLI.  Served Normandy.  Posted missing 22/6/1944.  Now known to have been wounded and captured in Normandy and made a Prisoner of War - probably 22/6/1944. Repatriated to the UK 14/8/1944 - probably due to his injuries.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/2/1945 as unfit for further service.
 |Joined Brigade=18/4/1944 on transfer from the Somerset Light Infantry.
-|Wounded=Yes, fractured left leg and gun-shot wound in right leg sustained in Normandy - actual date in the process of confirmation, but may have been 22/6/1944.  Records show him as a patient in Rennes Military Hospital along with many other Allied troops and there is a suggestion from those records that he was wounded on 1st July 1944. If that is the case, this may have been during the Defence of Rauray.
+|Wounded=Yes, fractured left leg and gun-shot wound in right leg sustained in Normandy - actual date in the process of confirmation, but seems to have been 22/6/1944.  Records show him as a patient in Rennes Military Hospital along with many other Allied troops and there is a suggestion from those records that he was wounded on 1st July 1944. If that is the case, this may have been during the Defence of Rauray.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - following his wounding he was made a prisoner and taken to hospital.  His PoW status was not confirmed until 24/9/1944.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered in June 1971 at Kingswood, Gloucestershire at the age of 52.  Cause of death - Coronary Occlusion and Atheroma.  Registered by his son, Roger, who was in attendance at the death.

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 |Unit=Enlisted in the Gloucester Regiment, Territorial Army - discharged 25/2/39 on Termination of Engagement.  Re-Enlisted 1/7/1939 and posted to 5th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment. Transferred to  Reconnaissance Corps 14/10/41.  Transferred back to Gloucester Regiment 1/4/42. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 22/6/1943 and posted to the 9th Battalion.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1944.  Probably posted to the 11th Battalion DLI, but this is yet to be confirmed.  Wounded and captured in Normandy and made a Prisoner of War - possibly 22/6/1944. Repatriated to the UK 14/8/1944. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/2/1945.
 |Joined Brigade=18/4/1944 on transfer from the Somerset Light Infantry.
-|Wounded=Yes, fractured left leg and gun-shot wound in right leg sustained in Normandy - actual date in the process of confirmation, but may have been 22/6/1944.  Records show him as a patient in Rennes Military Hospital along with many other Allied troops.
+|Wounded=Yes, fractured left leg and gun-shot wound in right leg sustained in Normandy - actual date in the process of confirmation, but may have been 22/6/1944.  Records show him as a patient in Rennes Military Hospital along with many other Allied troops and there is a suggestion from those records that he was wounded on 1st July 1944. If that is the case, this may have been during the Defence of Rauray.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - following his wounding he was made a prisoner and taken to hospital.  His PoW status was not confirmed until 24/9/1944.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered in June 1971 at Kingswood, Gloucestershire at the age of 52.  Cause of death - Coronary Occlusion and Atheroma.  Registered by his son, Roger, who was in attendance at the death.
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 }}
-Gloucester Regiment Books show this man as 5181081 whereas his uniform stamps and the DLI Regimental Books have him as 5182881.
+Gloucester Regiment Books show this man as 5181081 whereas his uniform stamps, the Rennes Hospital records and the DLI Regimental Books have him as 5182881.
-The author was contacted in 2017 by Canadian militaria collector Duncan Stirk, who had purchased Private O'Brien's battledress blouse and has restored it to the insignia and markings it would have had at the time of his wounding.  IMages of the restored blouse are set out below.
+The author was contacted in 2017 by Canadian militaria collector Duncan Stirk, who had purchased Private O'Brien's battledress blouse and has restored it to the insignia and markings it would have had at the time of his wounding.  Images of the restored blouse are set out below.
 [[File:Battledress_front_view.JPG|600px|thumb|centre|Front view of 1942 pattern blouse.  The cap badge is that worn by Duncan Stirk's uncle, who served with 1st Battalion DLI]]

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	[[File:Battledress_front_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front view of 1942 pattern blouse. The cap badge is that worn by Duncan Stirk's uncle, who served with 1st Battalion DLI]]		[[File:Battledress_front_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front view of 1942 pattern blouse. The cap badge is that worn by Duncan Stirk's uncle, who served with 1st Battalion DLI]]
	[[File:Battledress_front_left_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front left view of blouse, showing Regimental and Divisional patches, plus the three stripes of 70th Brigade, being the junior formation in the Division]]		[[File:Battledress_front_left_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front left view of blouse, showing Regimental and Divisional patches, plus the three stripes of 70th Brigade, being the junior formation in the Division]]
		+	[[File:Battledress_front_right_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front right view of blouse]]
		+	[[File:Battledress_rear_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Rear view of blouse showing the PoW black triangle stamped on the cloth]]

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	The author was contacted in 2017 by Canadian militaria collector Duncan Stirk, who had purchased Private O'Brien's battledress blouse and has restored it to the insignia and markings it would have had at the time of his wounding. IMages of the restored blouse are set out below.		The author was contacted in 2017 by Canadian militaria collector Duncan Stirk, who had purchased Private O'Brien's battledress blouse and has restored it to the insignia and markings it would have had at the time of his wounding. IMages of the restored blouse are set out below.

−	[[File:Battledress_front_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front view of blouse. The cap badge is that worn by Duncan Stirk's uncle, who served with 1st Battalion DLI]]	+	[[File:Battledress_front_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front view of 1942 pattern blouse. The cap badge is that worn by Duncan Stirk's uncle, who served with 1st Battalion DLI]]
		+	[[File:Battledress_front_left_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front left view of blouse, showing Regimental and Divisional patches, plus the three stripes of 70th Brigade, being the junior formation in the Division]]

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	The author was contacted in 2017 by Canadian militaria collector Duncan Stirk, who had purchased Private O'Brien's battledress blouse and has restored it to the insignia and markings it would have had at the time of his wounding. IMages of the restored blouse are set out below.		The author was contacted in 2017 by Canadian militaria collector Duncan Stirk, who had purchased Private O'Brien's battledress blouse and has restored it to the insignia and markings it would have had at the time of his wounding. IMages of the restored blouse are set out below.
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		+	[[File:Battledress_front_view.JPG\|600px\|thumb\|centre\|Front view of blouse. The cap badge is that worn by Duncan Stirk's uncle, who served with 1st Battalion DLI]]

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 |Army number=5182881
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Gloucs - dis 25/2/39 on ToE, 25/R/E 1/7/1939, Trf Recce Corp 14/10/41, Back 1/4/42, Trf SLI 22/6/1943, Posted 9th Bn, Trf DLI 18/4/1944, Posted ? 11th Bn DLI, PoW - DNK, Repat 14/8/1944, Disch under KRs 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/2/1945.
+|Unit=Gloucester Regiment - discharged 25/2/39 on Termination of Engagement, Re-Enlisted 1/7/1939 and posted to 5th Battalion. Transferred to  Reconnaissance Corps 14/10/41.  Transferred back to Gloucester Regiment 1/4/42. Transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry 22/6/1943, Posted 9th Battalion.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1944.  Probably posted to the 11th Battalion DLI, but this is to be confirmed.  Wounded and captured in Normandy and made a Prisoner of War. Repatriated 14/8/1944. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 12/2/1945.
-|Home address=Gloucester Regiment Books show this man as 5181081
+|Joined Brigade=18/4/1944.
 |Source table=PBM
 }}