Major
Robert
Hardress Standish
O'Grady
MC
Born about in County Limerick, Ireland
Son of Patrick Joseph Standish O'Grady
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Joan Eleanor (Ramsbotham) O'Grady
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
[private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1950s - unknown)]
Died about
at about age 89
in London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2015
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Biography
Robert Hardress Standish O'Grady, the son of Lt-Colonel Patrick Joseph Standish O'Grady and Mother Unknown, was born about 1925 at County Limerick, Ireland.[1]
He married Joan Eleanor Ramsbotham on 17 December 1950 at London, England.[2]
During his military service, he was awarded the MC & bar.
- Reference: WO 373/54/585
- Description:
- Name: O'Grady, Robert Hardress Standish
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Service No: 314053
- Regiment: Irish Guards
- Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
- Award: Military Cross
- Date of announcement in London Gazette: 07 June 1945 [3]
He died in 2014.[4]
Sources
- ↑ ROBERT H S O'GRADY Registration Quarter and Year Jan - Mar 1925, Registration District Limerick "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F19C-G36 : 16 March 2020), BIRTHS entry for Robert H S O'Grady; citing Limerick, Jan - Mar 1925, vol. 5, p. 287, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,229
- ↑ Marriages Dec 1950 O'GRADY ROBERT H. S. Spouse RAMSBOTHAM District Marylebone Vol 5d Page 685 https://www.freebmd.org.uk
- ↑ The National Archives, Kew "Recommendation for Award for O'Grady, Robert Hardress Standish Rank: Lieutenant" https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9362478
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
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