Arthur O'Neill
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Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill's portrait published in The Bond of Sacrifice (1917)
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Mid Antrim |
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In office January 1910 – 1914 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Torrens O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | Hugh O'Neill |
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| Born | 19 September 1876 |
| Died | 6 November 1914 (aged 38) Klein Zillebeke, Belgium |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist |
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| Father | Edward O'Neill |
| Relatives | Hugh O'Neill (brother) |
The Honourable Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill (19 September 1876 – 6 November 1914), was an Irish Ulster Unionist Party politician who was the first Member of Parliament to be killed in World War I.
O'Neill was the second but eldest surviving son of Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, and his wife Lady Louisa Katherine Emma (née Cochrane). Hugh O'Neill, later Baron Rathcavan, was his younger brother.
O'Neill joined the British Army in 1897. He saw active service in South Africa between 1899 and 1900, during the Second Boer War. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps. In January 1902, he was temporary appointed Adjutant to the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards.
O'Neill fought in the First World War as a Captain in the 2nd Life Guards and was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke ridge, 6 November 1914, aged 38, the first MP to be killed in the conflict. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial. O'Neill is also commemorated on Panel 8 of the Parliamentary War Memorial in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs that died during World War I to be named on that memorial. O'Neill is one of 19 MPs who fell in the war who are commemorated by heraldic shields in the Commons Chamber. A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style illuminated book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of O'Neill.
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