O'CONNOR, Frederick William

Carisbrooke Cemetery, Isle of Wight UKCredit: Gary Newman

Captain (Quartermaster)
Royal Army Medical Corps

Frederick was born 1855 in Tipperary, Ireland. He lived with his wife Jane at 71, Pyle Street in Newport.

During the war Frederick acted as the Quartermaster at the Parkhurst Military Hospital. Frederick died from a long & painful illness on the 17th of October 1919 at the age of 64 at home in Pyle Street.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Carisbrooke Cemetery

Location

Carisbrooke Cemetery, often referred to as 'Mount Joy' Cemetery is located on Whitcombe Road, Carisbrooke PO30 1DW.  The cemetery was established in 1858 on land purchased by the Carisbrooke & Gatcombe Burial Board, because St. Mary's Churchyard in Carisbrooke was becoming full. The cemetery is now managed by the Bereavement Services Department of the Isle of Wight Council.
The cemetery contains 32 War Graves from the 1st & 2nd World Wars.