General Sir Richard O'Connor

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Sir_Richard_O'Connor
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit_(United_States)
gptkbp:birthDate 21 August 1889
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Srinagar,_British_India
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Brompton_Cemetery,_London
gptkbp:capturedBy gptkb:Italy
1941
gptkbp:children one son
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Western_Desert_Force
gptkb:VIII_Corps
Eastern Command (UK)
gptkbp:deathDate 17 June 1981
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Wellington_College
gptkb:Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst
gptkbp:escapedFromCaptivity 1943
gptkbp:fullName Richard Nugent O'Connor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Sir Richard O'Connor
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Operation_Compass
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:retired 1948
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:spouse Jean Alice O'Connor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Allied_Forces_Headquarters
gptkb:Commonwealth_military_forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7