A VERY GALLANT OFFICER
AND GENTLEMAN
TRULY DEPICTED
IN PSALM XV

SECOND LIEUTENANT TERENCE DONOUGH O'BRIEN

16TH LANCERS ATTACHED 6TH SQUADRON RFC

3RD MARCH 1916 AGE 20

BURIED: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM


Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil against his neighbour, not taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalm XV

Psalm 15 was known as the gentleman's psalm as it appeared to summarise the qualities of a Christian gentleman, into whatever station of life he had been born.
Terence O'Brien was the only son of Brigadier-General Edmund Donough John O'Brien and his wife Harriet. He was killed on 3 March 1916 during an aborted landing at Abeele aerodrome in which the pilot, Lieutenant RA Pierpont, is variously said to have been either injured or unhurt.
Terence O'Brien was educated at Winchester where their memorial site gives more details.