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The school website (see References) gives this biographical information: 'The son of Bernard and Teresa O’Connor of Jesus College Cambridge, he was born on the 31st of July 1912. He was at Downside, Roberts House from January 1925 until July 1931. Commissioned in the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on the 24th of August 1939, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion of the London Rifles as Second-in-Command in March 1943, when the Battalion was in action in North Africa. He commanded the battalion throughout the subsequent Sicilian campaign, during the temporary absence of his Commanding Officer. In October 1943 the battalion took part in an amphibious landing on the Adriatic coast of Italy at Termoli. On the 28th of October he was at the Rear Headquarters when a stray shell landed, killing him instantly. Regimental history records :”He was fearless and a charming and delightful personality who was held in high esteem by everyone”. On his temporary grave on the banks of the Trigno River the battalion put the simple epitaph, “A Gallant Gentleman” He was 31 years of age. His permanent grave is in the Sangro River War Cemetery in Italy.'