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OBRION, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1721; in under school list 1723.

O'Brien, Richard Frederick Charles, son of the Rev. Philip Stephen O'Brien, D.D., Vicar of Camden Church, Camberwell, Surrey, by Eleanor Marsden, daughter of . John L. Reeves, of Cork, Ireland; b. Dec. 7, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (A); left. July 1899; Corpus Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1904; entered the Civil Service 1905; 2nd Lieut. Inns of Court O.T.C.; Lieut. Feb. 28, 1912; Capt. Aug. 22, 1917; temp. Lieut.-CoL 2nd City of London Yeomanry; served in France 1916; invalided; mentioned in despatches; an officer of the Trade Boards Division, Ministry of Labour; d. April 27, 1956.

O'Brien, Michael William, son of Capt. George William O'Brien MC, The Border Regt, of Grange-over-Sands, Lancs; b. 13 Nov. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (KS); Capt. of the school 1939; left July 1940; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxf., but did not matriculate; RAFVR 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr), DFC Oct. 1944; killed in action 22 Mar. 1945.

Michael William O’Brien was born at Hyderabad, India on the 13th of November 1921 the eldest son of Lieutenant George William O’Brien MC, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, and Enid Mary (nee Perry) O’Brien of 31, Mayfield Road, Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire. He was educated at St Dunstan’s School, Burnham-on-Sea and at Westminster School where he was admitted as a King’s Scholar from January 1935 to July 1940. He was elected as Captain of Chess and was appointed as an Assistant Librarian in 1938. He represented the School at Squash in 1938 and 1939 and at Lawn Tennis in 1939. He was appointed as Captain of School in 1939 and was appointed as Joint Editor of the Elizabethan from September 1939 to July 1940. He won a Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford in 1940 but did not matriculate, instead he volunteered for military service.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on the 12th of August 1940 where he rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 26th of June 1941. He was posted to No. 14 Service Flying Training School based at RAF Twinwood Farm on the 26th June. 1941 and was posted to No. 2 School of Air Navigation based at RAF Cranage on the 5th of July. The following month he was posted to No. 9 Service Flying Training School based at RAF Hullavington and he was posted to No. 2 Advanced Flying Unit based at Brize Norton on the 30th of March 1942. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 26th of June 1942. On the 21st of July 1942 he transferred to No. 3 Glider Training School based at RAF Stoke Orchard and in November 1942 he was posted to No. 1 Glider Training School based at RAF Croughton.
From the 18th of February 1943, he was based at HQ No. 51 Group based at Moorfield House, Leeds and at the end of June he moved to the Headquarters of Flight Training Command at Shinfield Park, Reading. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on the 26th of June 1943. By late in October 1943, he was flying Mosquitoes with 139 Squadron based at RAF Wyton.
He joined 192 Squadron, based at RAF Foulsham in January 1944 and while he was serving with them he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross which was announced by the Air Ministry on the 13th of October 1944. In August 1944 he transferred to 1692 Bomber Support Training Unit, based at RAF Great Massingham, as an instructor. He returned to operations when he joined 23 Squadron based at RAF Little Snoring on the 5th of February 1945 and was appointed as the commanding officer of B Flight.
Michael O’Brien took off from RAF Little Snoring at 7.35pm on the 22nd of March 1945 with his navigator, Flight Lieutenant Philip Allan Disney, in Mosquito FB Mk VI RS577 YP-T for an intruder operation over the enemy airfield at Handorf and Münster. During the operation the aircraft crashed onto the airfield and both men were killed.
They were buried in the Waldfriedhof Lauheide at Handorf but were later exhumed and moved to their present location.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Christ Church, Oxford.
He is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 18, Row E, Grave 17.

O'Brien, John Richard, son of Richard Alfred O'Brien CBE MD, bacteriologist, of Beckenham, Kent, and Nora McKay, violinist, d. of Benjamin Thomas McKay, engineer, of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; b. 6 Nov. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (H), KS Sept. 1930; left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938, MA 1947; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP BM 1940; MD 1950, FRCPath 1964, MRCP 1970, FRCP 1975; practised at Saltash, Cornwall, and Ports­mouth; pathologist Plymouth 1947-53; consult. haematologist Portsmouth Gen. Hosp. 1953- 74; Reader in Haematology Univ. of Southampton 1974-; m. 1st 22 June 1939 Sybil Margaret, d. of Alfred Simeon Boyes of Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2nd 11 July 1958 Marie Vollam, d. of Joseph Vollam Morton of Carshalton, Surrey; d. 27 Oct. 2002.

O'Brien, Charles Michael, brother of John Richard O'Brien (qv); b. 17 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1931 (KS); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, played Fives against Cambridge 1938, BA MA 1946; RA 1940-5 (Capt.), despatches (Burma) Apr. 1945, wounded; an actuary, FIA 1949, hon. sec. Inst. of Actuaries 1961-3, Pres. 1976-8; manager and actuary Roy. Nat. Pension Fund for Nurses 1955-84; dir. M & G Assurance Group plc 1984-; a Governor of the school 1970-; chairman Westminster School Society 1975-88; m. 4 Nov. 1950 Joy, d. of Rupert Henry Prebble of Beckenham, Kent; d. 26 Apr 2010.

OATHWAITE, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 13) 10 Jan 1714/5; in school list 1717.

Oates, William Geoffrey Ronald, son of Geoffrey Eugene Oates MD MRCP and Margaret, d. of William Baddeley Morris of Shrewsbury; b. 1 July 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (A); left Mar. 1928; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1929; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1936, practised in London; Roy. Welch Fusiliers 1940-5 (Maj.); sec. Roy. Coll. of Veterinary Surgeons 1946, gen sec. 14th Internat. Veterinary Congress 1949; m. 4 Apr. 1950 Mary Josephine, d. of Edwm Deverill of Alton, Hants; d. 12 Feb. 1976.

Oates, Richard Emery, son of F. Harman Oates, of West Brompton; b. Sept. 16, 1899; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (H); left Dec. 1915; d. 1971.

OAKLEY, HENRY HERBERT, son of Rev. Charles Edward Oakley, Rector of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, and Lady Georgiana Maria Louisa Moreton, dau. of Henry George Francis Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie; b. 8 Oct 1863; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (J); left Mar 1879; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1881, matr. Mich. 1881.

Oakley, Geoffrey Edward Say, son of Edward Woodall Oakley, of Blackheath, Kent; b. April 9, 1898; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1914; Air-Mechanic R.F.C. March 2, 1916; served in France May - Nov. 1917; gassed at Ploegsteert Wood June 7, 1917.