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M.M. O’Neill 1945
Rank : Wren

Wallsend

Margaret Mary  O'Neill

Every Name a Story

In Wallsend (Holy Cross) cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

Margaret M. O’Neill
Wren, WRNS 41954
H.M.S. “Elfin”
17th October 1945 age 21

On whose soul
Sweet Jesus have mercy
R.I.P.

The daughter of Margaret O’Neill, of Wallsend.

Margaret Mary O’Neill was born on the 14th February 1924, and died on the 17th October 1945 at 26 Fitzsimmons Avenue, High Farm, Wallsend on Tyne of  Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Naval Records state she was based at HMS Calliope. However headstone and CWGC give H.M.S. Elfin

Margaret Mary O’Neill is remembered in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Margaret Mary

Last Name: O'Neill

Service Number: R/41954

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 17/10/1945

Age: 21

Rank: Wren

Regiment: Women's Royal Naval Service

Served in: Navy

Unit/Ship: H.M.S. Calliope

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North Tyneside

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Wallsend

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