Belfast City Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast

Belfast City Cemetery lies on the Falls Road, Belfast. It is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in the Northern Ireland capital.

Belfast City Cemetery opened in 1869. Opened by the Belfast Corporation, it sought to provide burial plots for people of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths. There are over 230,000 graves in the cemetery.

A hidden wall 10 feet high runs underground between the Protestant and Catholic graves. This separates residents of the city even after death. Among some of the more renowned burials are James Harland of the Harland and Wolff Shipyard and Thomas Gallaher, the tobacco baron.

Commonwealth War Graves in Belfast City Cemetery

There are 272 Second World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves in Belfast City Cemetery. Many others lost during the war have their names remembered on family memorials. Vandals have attacked graves in both Belfast City Cemetery and the nearby Milltown Cemetery. Anti-social behaviour in the area has been a problem.

Last Name	First Name(s)	Rank	Date of Death	Grave
Adair	James Sinclair	Lieutenant	7th October 1942	Glenalina H-471
Allen	James	Gunner	5th July 1947	Glenalina F1-380
Archer	Edward James	Carpenter's Mate	23rd August 1946	Glenalina Y-75
Armstrong	Jeannie Elizabeth	Wren	21st August 1943	Glenalina P1-81
Ash	Horace Henry	Private	4th October 1945	Glenalina BS-1
Ash	Stanley G	Steward	5th May 1941	Glenalina BS-2
Atkin	Edwin George	Bombardier	9th December 1941	Glenalina AS-113
Balmer	Samuel Thomas	Petty Officer	24th April 1945	Glenalina T1-413
Barrett	Francis Charles	Flight Lieutenant	16th March 1942	Glenalina AS-121
Barrowman	Henry	Private	20th February 1944	Glenalina S1-241
Bell	William John	Bombardier	25th July 1945	Glenalina Q-71
Black	Albert	Private	17th April 1946	Glenalina J1-232
Blair	Ernest	Gunner	8th July 1947	Glenalina J1-145
Bottrill	Charles Henry	Corporal	24th September 1940	Glenalina D-114
Bradshaw	David	Gunner	19th March 1946	Glenalina Z-390
Brand	Daniel Archibald	Flight Sergeant	20th January 1943	Glenalina AS-7
Brickley	John	Gunner	14th September 1947	Glenalina E1-369
Bronski	Matthew	Fireman	3rd August 1943	Glenalina BS-129
Brooker	Herbert Montague	Private	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-100
Brown	Doreen Meta	Private	6th June 1941	Glenalina BS-85
Brown	Henry	Stoker 1st Class	16th April 1941	Glenalina D1-37
Browne	William Thomas	Sergeant	15th April 1941	Glenalina R-119
Butlin	Ernest	Private	6th August 1941	Glenalina AS-112
Byron	James George	Private	21st August 1942	Glenalina C-54
Cabrey	James	Gunner	28th July 1940	Glenalina U1-310
Calvert	John Harold Knowles	Lieutenant	10th October 1940	I-53
Carson	Robert James	Marine	15th February 1941	Glenalina C-55
Carty	Daniel	Carpenter	18th October 1941	Glenalina D-10
Casserly	Norman James	Sergeant	8th April 1943	Glenalina AS-13
Chapman	Leslie George	Sergeant	11th March 1942	Glenalina AS-119
Chapman	Herbert James Marriott	Flying Officer	8th April 1943	Glenalina AS-14
Christian	Leonard Charles	Private	5th May 1941	Glenalina W-384
Clarke	James Edward	Lieutenant	24th November 1943	Glenalina D-26
Cobble	Edward William	Second Lieutenant	16th April 1941	Glenalina AS-94
Coburn	Alfred Robert	Sergeant	2nd September 1940	Glenalina R-158
Coleman	Elizabeth Joyce	Aircraftwoman 1st Class	9th November 1946	Glenalina Y-29
Collard	James Henry	Lieutenant	29th October 1940	Glenalina D-115
Collins	Alfred	Private	4th January 1943	Glenalina AS-5
Comish	John Charles Griffon	Telegraphist	11th April 1945	Glenalina BS-107
Cooke	George Moore	Aircraftman 1st Class	29th November 1942	Glenalina S-74
Coombs	Frank Mundy	Able Seaman	15th April 1941	Glenalina D-128
Corry	Samuel	Able Seaman	16th April 1941	Glenalina T1-139
Coventry	David Preston	Corporal	10th May 1947	Glenalina B2-516
Craig	James	Lieutenant	10th May 1941	G2-593
Crawford	Robert	Gunner	13th October 1940	Glenalina AS-87
Crimes	Samuel Geoffrey	Lieutenant	31st March 1945	Glenalina BS-132
Cromie	David	Gunner	1st January 1946	Glenalina Y-363
Cuthbertson	Mary Rose	Leading Aircraftwoman	1st October 1943	Glenalina BS-86
Darragh	Joseph John	Lance Corporal	21st March 1945	Glenalina T-67
Davey	Arthur Newton	Telegraphist	31st March 1945	Glenalina BS-20
Davie	Arthur	Able Seaman	20th January 1942	Glenalina D-16
Davis	Arthur Reginald	Sergeant	15th May 1943	Glenalina AS-19
Dawe	William F	Leading Seaman	2nd June 1941	Glenalina H-114
Degerlund	Eric Allan Victor	Private	12th January 1942	Glenalina AS-115
Dewar	Percy Charles Thomas	Flying Officer	25th March 1942	Glenalina AS-128
Dickie	George Horn	Private	16th January 1943	Glenalina AS-6
Dobinson	William	Driver	24th July 1941	Glenalina AS-111
Dodds	Samuel	Private	14th August 1943	Glenalina J1-552
Dolan	Victor Frank Douglas	Able Seaman	20th June 1941	Glenalina D-5
Doogan	Arthur William	Driver	17th November 1945	Glenalina Z-13
Douds	Samuel	Private	10th April 1944	Glenalina Z-219
Douglas	Harold	Gunner	18th June 1942	Glenalina AS-105
Douglas	James Montgomery	Fusilier	6th September 1947	Glenalina BZ-471
Douglas	Ronald Linton St. Clair	Captain	26th December 1943	Glenalina B-368
Douthwaite	Arthur Bond	Aircraftman 1st Class	17th March 1943	Glenalina S1-593
Dowds	Matthew Chalmers	Fusilier	17th December 1940	Glenalina AS-90
Dowds	William James	Aircraftman 1st Class	25th September 1940	Glenalina A1-652
Driscoll	Charles Edward	Rifleman	20th July 1941	Glenalina AS-110
Dunleavy	William James	Rifleman	10th April 1942	Glenalina T1-411
Dyer	Lloyd Sydney	Sergeant	5th March 1943	Glenalina AS-10
Elder-Dempster	Alexander	Second Lieutenant	23rd June 1941	Glenalina AS-107
Elliott	John William	Flying Officer	16th March 1942	Glenalina AS-126
Ennis	Robert	Rifleman	16th May 1946	Glenalina Z-360
Evans	Charles William	Sergeant	19th July 1944	Glenalina AS-23
Farr	Harold George	Able Seaman	4th August 1941	Glenalina D-8
Ferguson	Ralph	Gunner	20th August 1941	Glenalina T-285
Finney	Thomas	Private	16th July 1945	Glenalina Q1-298
Fletcher	George	Private	17th December 1942	Glenalina AS-4
Foster	James Henderson	Lieutenant Commander	6th January 1945	Glenalina O-81
Foster	William	Sub-Lieutenant	24th November 1942	Glenalina D-22
Fox	Samuel Pritchard	Gunner	20th March 1942	Glenalina T1-406
Fox	William	Rifleman	31st December 1939	Glenalina U1-214
Friend	James Thorpe	Telegraphist	11th April 1945	Glenalina BS-106
Fry	Albert	Leading Seaman	13th March 1941	Glenalina D-124
Fyffe	George	Gunner	30th May 1940	Glenalina A-355
Galway	Edward	Private	3rd August 1946	Glenalina J1-50
Gepp	George Golding	Sick Berth Attendant	24th August 1944	Glenalina N2-546
Gibb	John Allen	Leading Stoker	8th February 1941	Glenalina D-121
Gibson	Robert Trevor	Sergeant	12th November 1943	Glenalina B-68
Gibson	Donald Murray	Flight Sergeant	15th May 1943	Glenalina AS-17
Gillanders	James Alexander	Sergeant	15th September 1940	Glenalina D-112
Goodenough	Carlton Stokes	Flight Sergeant	16th March 1942	Glenalina AS-123
Gordon	David Sime	Lance Sergeant	16th November 1942	Glenalina AS-3
Gray	John	Corporal	21st February 1943	Glenalina AS-9
Greer	Joseph	Rifleman	10th June 1944	Glenalina D1-332
Grimshaw	Henry Crawford	Flying Officer	14th July 1943	Glenalina AS-22
Guglielmazzi	Leon	Corporal	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-103
Halgjem	Hallvard	Sailor	6th December 1942	Glenalina VI-225PR
Hallaran	Charles Francis George Thomas	Commander	21st March 1941	Glenalina D-125
Hamilton	Samuel	Stoker 1st Class	18th November 1940	Glenalina D-116
Hammond	Andrew Edward	Storekeeper	27th August 1941	Glenalina D-9
Hanna	Robert	Leading Aircraftman	6th September 1946	O-644
Harris	Charles Loxley	Flight Sergeant	15th May 1943	Glenalina AS-20
Harris	John Thomas	Lance Corporal	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-106
Harrison	Christopher Walter Joseph	Private	10th January 1943	Glenalina CS-91
Harrison	James	Third Engineer Officer	5th November 1945	C2-46
Harvey	Thomas Douglas	Marine	9th May 1941	Glenalina BS-3
Hawe	John	Ordinary Seaman	22nd October 1945	Glenalina V1-276
Hemelryk	Edward Valentine	Major	5th May 1941	Glenalina CS-87
Henry	Harry	Signalman	20th December 1941	Glenalina D-13
Herron	Owen	Fireman	3rd August 1943	Glenalina BS-129
Hodgkinson	Stanley	Gunner	10th July 1942	Glenalina AS-132
Holt	James Henry	Rifleman	10th June 1940	P2-704
Holt	Jeffrey James	Corporal	6th April 1943	Glenalina AS-12
Holton	Arthur Henry	Private	5th May 1941	Glenalina BS-4
Hood	William	Rifleman	10th March 1941	Glenalina D1-196
Houghton	George Alfred	Sub-Lieutenant	10th January 1944	D-28
Hoy	Edmund John	Sub-Lieutenant	10th April 1945	Glenalina D-103
Hughes	Nora	Sergeant	23rd March 1946	Glenalina BS-87
Hull	Alexander	Sergeant	26th April 1941	Glenalina AS-96
Humphries	John	Gunner	30th May 1942	I-81
Hunter	Harold Eric	Flying Officer	16th March 1942	Glenalina AS-127
Hunter	Samuel	Rifleman	27th January 1941	Glenalina T1-118
Hutchinson	Thomas	Able Seaman	23rd December 1943	Glenalina D-23
Jackson	Arthur	Private	15th May 1942	Glenalina AS-130
Jackson	Stanley Arthur	Leading Aircraftman	29th October 1940	Glenalina L-12
James	Thomas	Fusilier	15th May 1944	Glenalina D1-115
Jansen	John	Sailor	13th December 1941	Glenalina T1-312PR
Jeeves	Derrick C	Signalman	18th January 1943	Glenalina CS-92
Jeffrey	John Haggan	Sergeant	11th August 1942	B1-813
Jessop	Frederick Arthur	Sapper	23rd April 1946	Glenalina R1-367
Johnston	William	Private	2nd September 1947	Glenalina 62-473
Jones	Harold Beatty	Able Seaman	11th April 1945	Glenalina BS-105
Judge	Charles Dennis	Able Seaman	20th January 1942	Glenalina D-15
Kaines	Edward Osborne	Lieutenant	29th June 1941	Glenalina D-6
Karlsen	Karl Trygve	Sailor	20th December 1941	Glenalina T1-309PR
Kay	Luther	Lance Corporal	31st January 1942	Glenalina AS-116
Keenan	Norman Clements	Sergeant	21st May 1942	G-15
Kerr	Robert	Lance Corporal	15th December 1940	Glenalina Q-85
Ketteridge	Stanley Henry Frederick	Signalman	13th April 1942	Glenalina AS-129
Kidger	Colin	Ordnance Artificer	18th April 1941	Glenalina D-127
King	George Frederick	Pilot Officer	16th March 1942	Glenalina AS-124
Kingston	Ronald Victor	Captain	15th April 1941	Glenalina AS-95
Kirby	William Wilson	Sergeant	15th May 1943	Glenalina AS-18
Lackey	John Campbell	Rifleman	3rd May 1940	J1-359
Lannigan	Thomas Wright	Gunner	16th November 1940	Glenalina Q1-162
Lightfoot	Albert Gillian	Able Seaman	16th January 1941	Glenalina D-119
Lockhart	James	Sergeant	26th March 1942	Glenalina L-307
Lodwick	William	Able Seaman	25th December 1940	Glenalina D-117
Logan	David	Fusilier	4th September 1940	Glenalina A-73
Loney	Thomas	Fusilier	9th August 1942	Glenalina X-495
Lowry	Samuel	Fusilier	19th November 1945	Glenalina D1-179
Lucas	Stanley Jack	Storekeeper	5th September 1940	Glenalina AS-86
MacDonald	George Rodoway	Squadron Leader	20th October 1942	I-16
Mackie	Arthur Whitley Sykes	Cook	24th July 1941	Glenalina D-7
MacLean	Norman	Sailor	14th March 1941	Glenalina D-1
Madden	John	Gunner	7th March 1942	Glenalina AS-118
Mahood	William	Chief Petty Officer	3rd September 1944	Glenalina Q-42
Majurey	Thomas	Rifleman	3rd June 1940	Glenalina S1-312
Marasi	Felix	Private	5th May 1941	Glenalina W-382
Marshall	John Esmond	Sub-Lieutenant	13th February 1944	Glenalina D-30
Martin	George A	Sergeant	28th April 1945	B2-341
Martin	Ronald Richard	Able Seaman	13th July 1943	Glenalina D-25
Martin	Thomas	Fusilier	10th February 1942	Glenalina AS-117
Martin	Thomas Warnock	Private	25th May 1944	Glenalina Z-402
Mathers	John Richard	Sub-Lieutenant	25th November 1942	Glenalina D-22
Maxwell	George	Fusilier	7th March 1942	Glenalina D1-289
Mewhort	Thomas Arthur	Aircraftman 1st Class	20th September 1942	Glenalina AS-1
Middleton	Edward	Boatswain	15th September 1940	Glenalina D-113
Mills	David	Sergeant	9th December 1940	A2-484
Mitchell	Edward Alexander	Sergeant	12th July 1945	Glenalina S1-533
Mitchell	Richard	Corporal	18th June 1941	Glenalina R-130
Montgomery	James Walker	Corporal	6th August 1942	Glenalina S-132
Moore	William Craig	Second Lieutenant	24th September 1943	G1-537
Morris	Peter Frank	Sergeant	22nd October 1940	Glenalina AS-88
MacDonald	Angus Campbell	Seaman	5th May 1941	Glenalina D-2
McAuley	William	Private	27th September 1940	Glenalina S1-302
McBurney	Samuel Robinson	Gunner	25th July 1944	Glenalina S1-361
McCarroll	Frederick Gordon	Lance Bombardier	27th January 1944	Glenalina D1-61
McClure	Thomas Christopher	Leading Aircraftman	19th January 1940	Glenalina F1-418
McClurg	James	Gunner	1st February 1940	Glenalina S1-483
McCrum	William Scott	Captain	3rd December 1940	N-305
McEwen	Dennis William Andrew	Leading Telegraphist	11th April 1945	Glenalina BS-103
McIlvenny	James	Warrant Officer Class II	17th March 1941	Glenalina T-407
McKenzie	John	Aircraftman 2nd Class	28th April 1946	N2-757
McMaster	James	Sergeant	23rd October 1940	Glenalina AS-89
McMullan	William Neill	Sergeant	24th May 1943	Glenalina G-120
McNeill	John	Chief Steward	29th July 1940	Glenalina A-372
McVeigh	James Thomas	Rifleman	11th March 1941	Glenalina S1-202
Nash	William Lloyd	Sub-Lieutenant	5th November 1945	Glenalina BS-127
Niblock	Frank Alexander	Private	7th November 1944	Glenalina AS-24
Nicholson	John	Chief Steward	2nd August 1944	Glenalina D-104
Nicholson	John Archibald	Sergeant	26th April 1941	Glenalina AS-97
O'Halloran	Charles	Corporal	27th January 1942	Glenalina CS-88
O'Neill	Felix	Stoker 2nd Class	14th May 1942	Glenalina D-19
Oliver	John	Seaman	13th January 1945	C1-538
Orr	James	Sapper	3rd October 1940	Glenalina L1-218
Parsley	Charles Henry	Sergeant	8th February 1943	Glenalina AS-8
Penny	Claude William	Storekeeper	7th January 1941	Glenalina D-118
Phillips	Henry	Warrant Officer Class I	16th April 1941	Glenalina AS-93
Pickup	Harry Norman	Lance Corporal	5th May 1941	Glenalina W-385
Polley	Edward Victor	Lieutenant	3rd March 1943	Glenalina J-38
Power	Dermot Michael	Able Seaman	2nd November 1941	Glenalina D-12
Price	Frederick	Private	10th January 1947	Glenalina A-249
Purdy	Clifford Irwin	Coder	13th April 1945	Glenalina BS-108
Quirey	John	Signalman	15th February 1941	Glenalina AS-91
Rattray	William Russell	Pilot Officer	11th March 1942	Glenalina AS-120
Raven	Tom Harrison	Lieutenant	31st March 1945	Glenalina BS-131
Relf	Lyn Edgar Landon	Signalman	31st March 1945	Glenalina BS-130
Rendle	Leslie Ernest Winston	Able Seaman	18th December 1941	Glenalina D-123
Richards	Richard C E	Petty Officer	18th October 1941	Glenalina D-11
Robinson	Bernard Joseph	Private	6th July 1942	Glenalina CS-90
Robinson	Robert	Gunner	13th October 1940	Glenalina S1-176
Ross	John Reynolds	Private	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-98
Rubury	Donald Meredith	Private	29th October 1942	Glenalina AS-2
Sanderson	Cyril Edward Russell	Pilot Officer	29th June 1941	Glenalina AS-108
Sanderson	Samuel	Sergeant	9th August 1940	Glenalina H-89
Saunders	George J H	Able Seaman	15th April 1941	Glenalina D-126
Schwarz	John Alan	Lieutenant	1st November 1944	Glenalina BS-24
Seaward	Norman Leslie	Staff Sergeant	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-101
Sedgwick	John	Rifleman	27th March 1942	Glenalina T1-412
Shaw	John	Aircraftman 2nd Class	9th April 1941	Glenalina F1-403
Shaw	Kenneth Lawrence	Private	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-104
Shimmin	Alfred George	Leading Stores Assistant	11th April 1945	Glenalina BS-104
Silverman	Anthony Myer	Aircraftman 1st Class	16th April 1941	Glenalina AS-92
Sims	William John Cleverly	Stoker 1st Class	27th April 1945	Glenalina BS-19
Slasor	William	Stoker 2nd Class	23rd March 1947	Glenalina BS-102
Slavin	Henry	Rifleman	16th April 1941	Glenalina R1-214
Sloman	Herbert William Thornley	Flight Sergeant	16th March 1942	Glenalina AS-122
Smiley	Samuel	Corporal	9th December 1943	Glenalina O-383
Smith	George Henry	Skipper	4th January 1944	Glenalina D-27
Smith	George Alexander	Ordinary Signalman	10th January 1944	Glenalina D-29
Smith	Samuel	Fusilier	22nd November 1945	Glenalina B2-586
Spence	Hugh	Sergeant	31st March 1941	G2-349
Sterling	Henry	Aircraftman 2nd Class	17th February 1946	Glenalina T-155
Stevens	Thomas Charles	Flight Sergeant	29th March 1943	Glenalina AS-11
Stewart	Archibald Herbert Sanderson	Sergeant	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-102
Stewart	Joseph	Flight Sergeant	22nd July 1941	Glenalina T1-233
Stone	Thomas	Aircraftman 1st Class	21st September 1946	Glenalina J1-591
Strachan	James Sherman	Flying Officer	8th April 1943	Glenalina AS-16
Taylor	James	Ordinary Seaman	5th May 1941	Special Memorial
Thompson	Hugh Joseph	Rifleman	3rd June 1940	Glenalina A-362
Thompson	James	Rifleman	7th January 1942	Glenalina AS-114
Tickell	John Maurice Mends	Lieutenant	28th August 1942	Glenalina D-21
Tinsley	Ernest	Gunner	22nd November 1940	Glenalina S1-191
Traynor	James	Gunner	9th March 1942	Glenalina R-185
Tucker	Alfred	Warrant Officer Class I	20th September 1945	Glenalina Y-328
Vance	Herbert	Sergeant	20th October 1944	Glenalina Q1-330
Vidamour	Victor	Cook	26th October 1944	Glenalina S1-398
Vilanou	Cecil	Private	20th April 1942	Glenalina CS-89
Wade	Leonard Perry	Sub-Lieutenant	2nd October 1945	Glenalina BS-128
Wainwright	Kenneth John	Sub-Lieutenant	3rd August 1943	Glenalina BS-129
Ward	Richard Fowler	Major	5th May 1941	Glenalina AS-99
Warren	William Montague	Lance Corporal	28th August 1940	Glenalina AS-85
Weir	Richard	Stoker 1st Class	12th December 1946	Glenalina R-1
Werts	George Leslie	Lieutenant	12th June 1943	Glenalina D-24
White	John Albert	Telegraphist	31st March 1945	Glenalina BS-21
Wilkinson	Robert Stewart	Corporal	11th October 1940	E-287
Wilkinson	John	Stoker 1st Class	3rd June 1942	Glenalina D-20
Williams	Douglas	Flight Sergeant	12th June 1943	Glenalina AS-21
Williams	Edward Glyndwr	Flight Sergeant	21st June 1941	Glenalina AS-109
Williams	Lindsay Ross	Flight Sergeant	16th March 1942	Glenalina AS-125
Willis	Leonard Charles	Cleaner	3rd August 1943	Glenalina BS-129
Wilson	Richard	Rifleman	25th February 1942	Glenalina R1-266
Wilson	William	Fusilier	2nd September 1945	Glenalina T-60
Wilson	William Agnew	Stoker 1st Class	12th February 1942	Glenalina D-17
Wing	Arthur Robert	Stoker	20th May 1942	Glenalina D-18
Wotherspoon	Eric Alexander Lockhart Blair	Sub-Lieutenant	30th March 1946	BS-18
Wytkin	Merle Noel	Flying Officer	8th April 1943	Glenalina AS-15
Young	Robert	Gunner	8th July 1942	Glenalina AS-131

James Allen

Gunner | 1519883

Gunner James Allen of Belfast died on 5th July 1947 aged 46 years old after having served during the Second World War in the British Army's Royal Artillery.

Edward James Archer

Carpenter's Mate

Carpenter's Mate Edward James Archer of Belfast sailed on H.M.S. Nairana before he died of Tuberculosis in Belfast on 23rd August 1946.

Jeannie Elizabeth Armstrong

Wren | 41491

Wren Jeannie Elizabeth Armstrong died on 21st August 1943 at home in Belfast. She served in her hometown at the Naval base H.M.S. Caroline.

Edwin George Atkin

Bombardier | 5342342

Bombardier Edwin George Atkin of Dagenham, Essex died at York Dock, Belfast, Co. Antrim on 9th December 1941 after falling into the water in the blackout.

Henry Barrowman

Private | 7013657

Private Henry Barrowman of Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 20th February 1944 having served with both the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Gordon Highlanders.

William John Bell

Bombardier | 998334

Bombardier William John Bell of Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 25th July 1945 aged 33 years old while serving in the Second World War with the Royal Artillery.

Daniel Archibald Brand

Flight Sergeant | R/119996

Flight Sergeant Daniel Archibald Brand served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on 20th January 1942 when RAF Bristol Beaufort L9828 came down.

Matthew Bronski

Fireman

Fireman Matthew Bronski served on HMS Asturias when he died on 3rd August 1943. The ship came under attack from an Italian submarine off the African coast.

Herbert Montague Brooker

Private | 7364070

Herbert Montague Brooker died on 5th May 1941 when No. 24 British General Hospital at Cambell College, Belfast, Co. Down came under Luftwaffe attack.

Doreen Meta Brown

Private | W/38803

Private Doreen Meta Brown of Downpatrick, Co. Down died on 6th June 1941 aged 18 years old while serving in the British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service.

William Thomas Browne

Sergeant | 527866

Royal Air Force Sergeant William Thomas Browne died alongside his mother when the Luftwaffe launched a devastating raid on the city of Belfast, Co. Antrim.

Ernest Butlin

Private | 5885782

Private Ernest Butlin died on 6th August 1941 while serving in Northern Ireland with 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment during the Second World War.

James George Byron

Private | A/11283

Private James George Byron served in both world wars. He died in Belfast serving with the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps on 21st August 1942.

James Cabrey

Gunner | 1489733

Gunner James Cabrey of Belfast died in a Military Hospital on 28th July 1940 while undergoing treatment for wounds received in the retreat from Dunkirk.

Leslie George Chapman

Sergeant | 967658

Sergeant Leslie George Chapman of RAF 231 Squadron was an air gunner at the time of his death in an aviation accident in Co. Tyrone on 11th March 1942.

Alfred Robert Coburn

Sergeant | 580946

Sergeant Alfred Robert Coburn of Belfast served in the Royal Air Force with R.A.F. 40 Squadron at the time of his death on 2nd September 1940.

Elizabeth Joyce Coleman

Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2145035

Aircraftwoman 1st Class Elizabeth Joyce Coleman was known as Joy. Born in Dublin, she served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War.

Alfred Collins

Private | 5436506

Private Alfred Collins served with 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment when he died in Belfast, Co. Antrim on Home Defence duties on 4th January 1943.

John Charles Griffon Comish

Telegraphist | V/56416

Telegraphist John Charles Griffon Comish served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve at his time of death on 11th April 1945 on HMCS Strathadam.

Frank Mundy Coombs

Able Seaman | D/JX 171434

Artist, architect, and art dealer Frank Mundy Coombs joined the Royal Navy in World War Two and died on 15th April 1941 when the Luftwaffe attacked Belfast.

David Preston Coventry

Corporal | T/31715

Corporal David Preston Coventry served in the Royal Army Service Corps in the Second World War. He died after the war's end in Belfast on 10th May 1947.

James Craig

Lieutenant | 115186

Lieutenant James Craig of 7th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles died on 10th May 1941. As well as a soldier, he well-regarded solicitor, and champion athlete.

Robert Crawford

Gunner | 1473864

Gunner Robert Crawford served with 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Artillery before his death on 13th October 1940.

Samuel Geoffrey Crimes

Lieutenant

Lieutenant Samuel Geoffrey Crimes died on 31st March 1945. He was one of 5 men to drown that day while serving on HMS Sarawak in Belfast Lough, Co. Antrim.

Joseph John Darragh

Joseph John Darragh | 7009604

Lance Corporal Joseph John Darragh of Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 21st March 1945 aged 41 years old. He served in 6th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles.

Arthur Davie

Able Seaman | P/JX 291007

Able Seaman Arthur Davie of Leicestershire died on SS Lochgarry when the vessel went down off the coast of Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim on 20th January 1942.

George Horn Dickie

Private | 13082840

Private George Horn Dickie died on 16th January 1943 while serving in Northern Ireland with the Royal Pioneer Corps. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Samuel Dodds

Private | 7253660

Private Samuel Dodds of Belfast died on 14th August 1943 aged 46 years old. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during wartime.

Victor Frank Douglas Dolan

Able Seaman | P/JX 142717

Able Seaman Victor Frank Douglas Dolan died on 20th June 1941 while undergoing treatment for typhoid in the Civil Fever Hospital, Newtownards, Co. Down.

Harold Douglas

Gunner | 821263

Harold Douglas died on 18th June 1942 serving with 2nd Battery, 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Matthew Chalmers Dowds

Fusilier | 3130510

Fusilier Matthew Chalmers Dowds served in 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers when he died on 17th December 1940. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Lloyd Sidney Dyer

Flight Sergeant | 415185

Flight Sergeant Lloyd Sidney Dyer served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He was fatally injured on 5th March 1943 close to R.A.F. Long Kesh.

Robert Ennis

Rifleman | 7019553

Rifleman Robert Ennis served with the Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second World War and saw action in 1914-1918. He died on 16th May 1946 aged 50 years old.

Harold George Farr

Able Seaman | P/JX 237292

Able Seaman Harold George Farr died on 4th August 1941 when he fell from a motorboat in Belfast Lough having spent the Bank Holiday in Bangor, Co. Down.

Ralph Ferguson

Gunner | 1523895

Gunner Ralph Ferguson lived in Belfast with his wife at his time of death on 20th August 1941. He served in the Royal Artillery in wartime.

Thomas Finney

Private | 6982893

Private Thomas Finney of Moltke Street, Belfast died on 16th July 1945 while serving with the Pioneer Corps. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Alfred Mandale Fisher

Pilot Officer | 103592

Born in Belfast, Co. Antrim, the thrillseeking Pilot Officer Alfred Mandale Fisher died on 6th December 1941 after a brief spell in the Royal Air Force.

George Fletcher

Private | 4918522

Private George Fletcher was training with 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment in Northern Ireland at his time of death there on 17th December 1942.

Samuel Pritchard Fox

Gunner | 7009770

Gunner Samuel Pritchard Fox died on 20th March 1942 at the UVF Hospital at Craigavon House, Belfast, Co. Down. He served as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery.

Albert Fry

Leading Seaman | D/JX 140607

Leading Seaman Albert Fry OBE of the Royal Navy was awarded for his "untiring zeal" during the loss of HMS Gipsy. He died in Co. Antrim on 13th March 1941.

George Golding Gepp

Sick Berth Attendant

Royal Naval Sick Berth Attendant George Golding Gepp of Belfast was on board H.M.L.S.T. 404 when it came under attack on 24th August 1944.

John Allen Gibb

Leading Stoker | NAP 953507

Leading Stoker John Allen Gibb died of pneumonia while docked in Belfast, Co. Antrim on 8th February 1941. The Scotsman's grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Robert Trevor Gibson

Sergeant | 1036711

Sergeant Robert Trevor Gibson of University Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He died on 12th November 1943.

Carlton Stokes Goodenough

Flight Sergeant | R/62738

Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes Goodenough served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on 16th March 1942 and is buried in Belfast City Cemetery.

David Sime Gordon

Lance Sergeant | 967859

Lance Sergeant David Sime Gordon served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Co. Antrim.

Joseph Greer

Rifleman | 7011223

Rifleman Joseph Greer served in Italy with the Royal Ulster Rifles before returning home injured to Northern Ireland where he died on 10th June 1944.

Charles Francis George Thomas Hallaran

Commander

Commander Charles Francis George Thomas Hallaran died on 21st March 1941. The Irish rugby international was serving on the Royal Navy's HMS Springbank.

Andrew Edward Hammond

Storekeeper 1st Class | NAP/R.585505

Storekeeper 1st Class Andrew Edward Hammond died on 27th August 1941 in a tragic accident while transferring between ships docked in Belfast.

Thomas Douglas Harvey

Marine | PO/212333

Thomas Douglas Harvey was a long serving member of the Royal Marines having enlisted in 1908. He died on 9th May 1941 when his base in England was bombed.

John James Hawe

Ordinary Seaman | D/JX 197773

While serving with the Royal Navy, John James Hawe from the Shankill area of Belfast died on 22nd October 1945 at the age of 44 years old.

Owen Herron

Fireman

Fireman Owen Herron served on HMS Asturias when he died on 3rd August 1943. The ship came under attack from an Italian submarine off the West African coast.

Stanley Hodgkinson

Gunner | 1629668

Gunner Stanley Hodgkinson of Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire died in Northern Ireland on 10th July 1942 while serving in 111th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

James Henry Holt

Rifleman | D/25043

Rifleman James Henry Holt was born in England but lived at 8 Kensington Street, Belfast at the time of his death aged 50 years old on 10th June 1940.

Nora Hughes

Sergeant | W/758

Sergeant Nora Hughes of Belfast served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in the Second World War. She died in her hometown on 23rd March 1946.

Alexander Hull

Sergeant | 6973254

Sergeant Alexander Hull served in 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Second World War. He died in Belfast on 26th April 1941.

Samuel Hunter

Rifleman | 7107055

Rifleman Samuel Hunter died in hospital in his hometown of Belfast, Co. Antrim on 27th January 1941. He had previously sustained injuries in World War One.

Derrick C Jeeves

Signalman | 7014373

Signalman Derrick C Jeeves enlisted in the London Irish Rifles in World War Two and served with the Royal Signals Corps. He died on 18th January 1943.

John Haggan Jeffrey

Sergeant | 1062344

Sergeant John Haggan Jeffrey of Malone Avenue, Belfast died on 11th August 1942 as Short Sterling W7568 came down after taking off from a Norfolk airfield.

Charles Dennis Judge

Able Seaman | C/JX 254367

Able Seaman Charles Dennis Judge of Lancashire, England died on 20th January 1942 while serving with the Royal Navy on Belfast Lough near Bangor, Co. Down.

Edward Osborne Kaines

Lieutenant

Lieutenant Edward Osborne Kaines died on 29th June 1941 when the car he was in collided with another vehicle on the main Belfast to Bangor Road in Co. Down.

Norman Clements Keenan

Sergeant | 934645

Sergeant Norman Clements Keenan died on 21st May 1942 on a training flight accident in Airspeed Oxford BG207 near the village of Egmanton, Nottinghamshire.

Colin Kidger

Ordnance Artificer | P/MX 70036

Ordance Artificer Colin Kidger of Pilsley, Derbyshire served on board destroyer HMS Newark with the Royal Navy when he died at Belfast on 18th April 1941.

William Wilson Kirby

Sergeant | 416768

Sergeant William Wilson Kirby (416768) served in the Royal Australian Air Force. For a time during World War Two he flew from a base in Northern Ireland.

John Campbell Lackey

Rifleman | 7015445

Rifleman John Campbell Lackey was born in Woodvale, Belfast, Co. Antrim. He served in the Royal Ulster Rifles at the time of his death on 3rd May 1940.

Thomas Wright Lannigan

Gunner | 1475147

Gunner Thomas Wright Lannigan was born in Belfast, Co. Antrim and died in Middlesex, United Kingdom on 16th November 1940. He fought at Dunkirk that summer.

Albert Gillian Lightfoot

Able Seaman | D/SSX 20226

Able Seaman Albert Gillian Lightfoot served in the Royal Navy. He died on 16th January 1941 when a hand grenade accidentally exploded onboard HMS Broke.

James Lockhart

Sergeant | 7009959

Sergeant James Lockhart of 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles died on 26th March 1942 following treatment at a military hospital in England.

Thomas Loney

Fusilier | 1522941

Fusilier Thomas Loney died on 9th August 1942 while serving with 30th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on Home Defence duties near Larne, Co. Antrim.

Samuel Lowry

Fusilier | 6973050

During World War Two, Fusilier Samuel Lowry of Belfast, Co. Antrim served with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He died on 19th November 1945 aged 46.

Arthur Whitley Sykes Mackie

Leading Cook | NAP R746

Arthur Whitley Sykes Mackie was a Leading Cook with the Naval Auxiliary Personnel at HMS Mersey, Lancashire at the time of his death on 24th July 1941.

Norman MacLean

Sailor

Sailor Norman MacLean died on 14th March 1941 as a Luftwaffe plane attacked merchant ship SS Stanleigh in the Irish Sea as it left from Liverpool, England.

John Madden

Gunner | 1058272

Gunner John Madden served in the Royal Artillery in World War Two. He was visiting Belfast, Co. Antrim while home on leave when he died on 7th March 1942.

Thomas Majurey

Rifleman | 7013776

Rifleman Thomas Majurey of Belfast died on 3rd June 1940 at a military hospital in Dover, Kent after sustaining wounds and returning from Dunkirk in France.

Thomas Martin

Fusilier | 7044984

Fusilier Thomas Martin served in 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at his time of death on 10th February 1942. His grave is in Belfast.

Thomas Warnock Martin

Private | 13014671

Private Thomas Warnock Martin of Kimberley Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 25th May 1944 after contracting tuberculosis in a prisoner of war camp.

George Maxwell

Fusilier | 6983289

Fusilier George Maxwell served in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at the time of his death on 7th March 1942. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Samuel Robinson McBurney

Gunner | 1465660

Belfast-born Gunner Samuel Robinson McBurney died on 25th July 1944 while serving with 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

Frederick Gordon McCarroll

Lance Bombardier | 1469237

Lance Bombardier Frederick Gordon McCarroll died on 27th January 1944 while serving with the 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment in World War Two.

William Scott McCrum

Captain | 45432

Captain William Scott McCrum was born in and died in Belfast, Co. Antrim although he spent many of his 42 years in Dundee, Scotland and serving in the army.

James Hastie McMaster

Sergeant | 552682

Sergeant James Hastie McMaster died on 23rd October 1940 as a result of injuries sustained when a Fairey Battle plane came down in Co. Antrim.

William Neill McMullan

Sergeant | 1088074

Sergeant William Neill McMullan from Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 24th May 1943 when his Lancaster bomber crashed on a training exercise over Yorkshire.

James Thomas McVeigh

Rifleman | 7017357

Rifleman James Thomas McVeigh was 40 years old, serving in a home defence unit when he died in a military hospital in Belfast, Co. Down on 11th March 1941.

David Mills

Sergeant | 748521

Sergeant David Mills from Finaghy, Co. Antrim flew with RAF 115 Squadron when he died on 9th December 1940 on board Vickers Wellington T2520 in South Wales.

Edward Alexander Mitchell

Sergeant | 7007893

Sergeant Edward Alexander Mitchell served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War. He died on 12th July 1945. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

James Walker Montgomery

Corporal | 541538

RAF Corporal James Walker Montgomery died on 6th August 1942 at a military hospital in Northern Ireland. He lived in Angus, Scotland before the war.

Peter Frank Morris

Sergeant | 754457

Sergeant Peter Frank Morris died on 22nd October 1940 when Fairey Battle P6601 came down in poor weather near Cushendall, Co. Antrim.

John Archibald Nicholson

Sergeant | 754117

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant John Archibald Nicholson died on 26th April 1941 while flying Supermarine Spitfire X4245 with RAF 602 Squadron.

John Nicholson

Chief Steward

Chief Steward John Nicholson served in the Royal Navy on patrols on H.M.S. Campania. He died on 2nd August 1944. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Charles O’Halloran

Corporal | 13024253

Corporal Charles O'Halloran died at the Mater Hospital, Belfast, Co. Antrim on 27th January 1942. The 47 year old Belfast man served in the Pioneer Corps.

Felix O’Neill

Stoker 2nd Class | D/KX 152186

Stoker 2nd Class Felix O'Neill from Liverpool, Lancashire drowned on 14th May 1942 while serving at HMS Caroline, the Royal Naval headquarters in Belfast.

Dermot Michael Power

Able Seaman | P/JX 200120

Able Seaman Dermot Michael Power was a Canadian seaman in the Royal Navy. He died on 2nd November 1941 and is buried in Belfast City Cemetery.

William Russell Rattray

Pilot Officer | 41938

Pilot Officer William Russell Rattray was a 22 year old pilot from Canterbury, New Zealand serving with the Royal Air Force when he died on 11th March 1942.

Tom Harrison Raven

Lieutenant | S/4667

While serving on HMS Sarawak with the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Lieutenant Tom Harrison Raven died on 31st March 1945 in Belfast Lough.

Leslie Ernest Winston Rendle

Able Seaman | D/JX 249360

Able Seaman Leslie Ernest Winston Rendle was born in 1914 in Devon. He died in a tragic training accident in Belfast, Co. Antrim on 18th December 1941.

Bernard Joseph Robinson

Private | 4927283

Private Bernard Joseph Robinson of 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment died on 6th July 1942 while his territorial unit was in Northern Ireland.

Robert Robinson

Gunner | 1465720

Gunner Robert Robinson served with 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Artillery before his death on 14th October 1940.

Cyril Edward Russell Sanderson

Pilot Officer | 63242

Pilot Officer Cyril Edward Russell Sanderson died on 29th June 1941 at Quarry Road, Strandtown, Belfast while in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Samuel Sanderson

Sergeant | 746826

Sergeant Samuel Sanderson died on 9th August 1940 in an R.A.F. training exercise. He was a well-known singer, footballer, and cricketer at home in Belfast.

John Alan Schwarz

Lieutenant

Lieutenant John Alan Schwarz served with the Royal Canadian Navy and was one of seven officers killed onboard HMS Whitaker off the coast of Ireland in 1944.

Norman Leslie Seaward

Staff Sergeant | 7343236

Staff Sergeant Norman Leslie Seaward served with the Royal Army Medical Corps when he died on 5th May 1941 during The Fire Raid of the Belfast Blitz.

John Sedgwick

Rifleman | 24692

Rifleman John Sedgwick from Belfast, Co. Antrim served with 30th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles when he died in the UK on 27th March 1942 aged 51 years old.

William Slasor

Stoker 2nd Class | C/KX 790954

Stoker 2nd Class William Slasor died at Sydenham Wharf, Belfast, Co. Down while attempting to break out of ship while on HMS Vengeance on 23rd March 1947.

George Henry Smith

Skipper

Skipper George Henry Smith was an experienced sailor, having first taken to the seas aged 15 years old. He died in Belfast, Co. Antrim on 4th January 1944.

Samuel Smith

Fusilier | D/26736

Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Co. Antrim is the final resting place of Fusilier Samuel Smith of City of London Regiment who died on 22nd November 1945.

Archibald Herbert Sanderson Stewart

Sergeant | 7520135

Sergeant Archibald Herbert Sanderson Stewart of the Royal Army Medical Corps died on 5th May 1941 while working at No 24 British General Hospital, Co. Down.

Joseph Stewart

Flight Sergeant | 627588

Flight Sergeant Joseph Stewart of Belfast died on 22nd July 1941 when a Luftwaffe night fighter intercepted Vickers Wellington R1334 over Hertfordshire.

Hugh Joseph Thompson

Rifleman | 7013406

Rifleman Hugh Joseph Thompson of Belfast returned from the Dunkirk beaches with severe wounds. He died on 3rd June 1940 at a military hospital in England.

John Maurice Mends Tickell

Lieutenant

Lieutenant John Maurice Mends Tickell died at the Savoy Hotel, Bangor, Co. Down on 28th August 1942. He had 40 years' service in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Ernest Tinsley

Gunner | 1456311

Belfast-born Gunner Ernest Tinsley served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He fought with the 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

James Traynor

Gunner | 1524019

Gunner James Traynor from Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 9th March 1942 while he was serving with 226th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in the Royal Artillery.

Cecil Vilanou

Private | 5110860

Dublin born Private Cecil Vilanou served in 70th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment when he died on 20th April 1942. His grave is in Belfast, Co. Antrim.

Richard Fowler Ward

Major | 41352

Major Richard Fowler Ward died on 5th May 1941 as the Belfast Blitz bombs fell on No. 24 British General Hospital at Campbell College, Belfast, Co. Down.

William Montague Warren

Lance Corporal | 7599964

Lance Corporal William Montague Warren served in Ulster with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps at his time of death on 28th August 1940.

Richard Weir

Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 11312

Stoker 1st Class Richard Weir was the son of Charles and Julie Weir of Belfast, Co. Antrim. He died on 12th December 1946 after serving in World War Two.

Robert Stewart Wilkinson

Corporal | D/24552

Corporal Robert Stewart Wilkinson served with 6th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles in World War Two. At 52 years old, he died in his hometown of Belfast.

Douglas Williams

Flying Officer | J/15206

Canadian Flying Officer Douglas Williams died on 12th June 1943 when his De Havilland Tiger Moth X5045 came down in the ground of Stormont Estate, Belfast.

Edward Glyndwr Williams

Flight Sergeant | 540293

Flight Sergeant Edward Glyndwr Williams drowned on 21st June 1941 while serving with RAF 88 Squadron as part of Coastal Command based at Sydenham Airfield.

Richard Wilson

Rifleman | 7013415

Rifleman Richard Wilson died on 25th February 1942. The soldier from Belfast, Co. Antrim was injured in an explosion while serving with Royal Ulster Rifles.

William Agnew Wilson

Stoker 1st Class | D/KX103088

Stoker 1st Class William Agnew Wilson died on 12th February 1942. Born in Belfast, Co. Antrim, he served with the Royal Navy on board the HMS Churchill.

Arthur Robert Wing

Stoker | LT/KX 107993

Royal Naval Patrol Service Stoker Arthur Robert Wing died on 20th May 1942, accidentally drowning while serving on HMS Southern Breeze in Belfast docks.

Eric Alexander Lockhart Blair Wotherspoon

Sub-Lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant Eric Alexander Lockhart Blair Wotherspoon died between 2nd February 1946 and 30th March 1946 while serving on board HMS Arbiter in Belfast.

Robert Young

Gunner | 1103248

Royal Artillery Gunner Robert Young of Dipton, Co. Durham served in Northern Ireland with 110th Field Regiment at the time of his death on 8th July 1942.

Norwegian Merchant Navy

The graves of 3 seamen from the Norwegian Merchant Navy lie next to each other in Belfast City Cemetery.

Hallvard Halgjem

2nd Mate

2nd Mate Hallvard Halgjem served in the Norwegian Merchant Navy during the Second World War. He died on 6th December 1942 and is buried in Belfast.

John Jansen

Sailor

Born in Norway, seaman John Jansen was with Convoy HX 159 on board M/S Helgøy in Belfast Lough, Belfast when he died on 13th December 1941.

Karl Trygve Karlsen

Chief Engineer | Norwegian Merchant Navy

Chief Engineer Karl Trygve Karlsen served in the Norwegian Merchant Navy during the Second World War. He drowned in Belfast Lough on 20th December 1941.

Commonwealth War Graves in Belfast City Cemetery — WartimeNI Photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones in Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast. Photo taken on tour of Belfast City Cemetery with Peter McCabe in Spring 2017. Copyright Scott Edgar.

The City Cemetery also featured a mass grave of victims of the Belfast Blitz. Many of those killed remained unidentified after the 1941 attacks. A similar mass grave exists in the nearby Milltown Cemetery. An inscription on the City Cemetery mass grave reads:

In sad remembrance of 123 citizens of Belfast, men, women, and children, killed in an air raid by German bombers on the night of Easter Tuesday, April 15th, 1941, and whom no one at that time was able to identify and 31 such so killed on May 4th, 1941. They are buried in this plot. Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. We sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

Belfast Blitz Memorial — Memorial stone on a mass grave in Belfast City Cemetery commemorating the unknown victims of the Belfast Blitz of 1941. Photo taken on tour of Belfast City Cemetery with Peter McCabe in Spring 2017.

Family Memorials in Belfast City Cemetery

These names are inscribed and remembered on family plots in Belfast City Cemetery. Remembered are the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and men of the Merchant Navy killed at home and abroad during the conflict from 1939-1945.

Last Name	First Name(s)	Date of Death	Grave
Kane	Denis Dermot	3rd November 1939	M-945
Edgar	Leonard	23rd May 1940	L-242
Scott	Robin	27th May 1940	K-244
McCullough	John Edward	10th June 1940	Glenalina W-36
Boyle	John	15th June 1940	Glenalina Q-236
Sanderson	Samuel	9th August 1940	Glenalina H-89
Calvert	John	10th October 1940	I-53
McDowell	Frederick	15th October 1940	Q-494
Haveron	John	29th November 1940	Glenalina E-219
Sheeran	William James	24th March 1941	F1-292
Bradley	John W	15th October 1941	Glenalina P-91
Fisher	Alfred Mandale	6th December 1941	F-430
Hutchinson	John	24th January 1942	B-574
Kane	Bryan Desmond	7th March 1942	M-945
Luney	William	1st April 1942	Glenalina L-347
Reid	Robert	18th April 1942	E1-25
Jeffrey	John Hagan	11th August 1942	B1-813
MacDonald	George Rodway	20th October 1942	I-15
Barton	Charles Henry	7th November 1942	A2-381
Cardwell	James	31st December 1942	Glenalina O-203
Bloomer	William Frederick	18th February 1943	Glenalina H-166
Boyd	David J	15th August 1943	Glenalina A-217
Neill	William Frederick	3rd November 1943	J-455
Nelson	John Frederick	7th February 1944	Glenalina L1-304
Bloomer	Thomas Henry	8th February 1944	H3-636
Johnston	Robert Irvine	25th April 1944	J-224
Gibson	William	1st July 1944	Glenalina V-138
Lindsay	Edward Workman	12th August 1944	K-346
Conroy	William Holt	21st August 1944	I-550
Parkinson	Joseph Millar	12th September 1944	G1-215
Taylor	William Cummings	29th September 1944	K-64
Martin	George A	28th April 1945	B2-341
Thompson	Kenneth	7th April 1945	Glenalina N-159
Stanley	Robert William	3rd June 1945	B2-475
Bell	William John	25th July 1945	Glenalina Q-71
Lloyd-Dodd	Alfred Ernest	30th July 1945	B-19
Alexander	William J	13th September 1945	Glenalina B-146
Wilkinson	George	16th October 1945	Glenalina L-185
Sheals	Francis Eric	4th January 1942	A2-4
Scott	Robin	27th May 1940	K-244

William Frederick Bloomer

Fusilier | 6979121

William Frederick Bloomer from Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 18th February 1943 while serving in Burma with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

William Holt Conroy

Ordinary Telegraphist | D/JX 619388

William Holt Conroy was a pupil of Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He was on H.M.S. Kite when it came under attack on 21st August 1944.

Leonard Edgar

Gunner | 1475599

Gunner Leonard Edgar died on 23rd May 1940 while serving in France and Belgium with 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

William Gibson

Private | 5725299

Private William Gibson of Belfast died on 1st July 1944 while serving with 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment in the Battle of Normandy that followed D-Day.

Denis Dermot Kane

Coproral | 543862

Corporal Denis Dermot Kane died on 3rd November 1939 while serving in the R.A.F. His name is commemorated at the family plot in Belfast City Cemetery.

William Luney

Sergeant | 1059215

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant William Luney died on 1st April 1942 when Lockheed Hudson AE558 crashed near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire,UK.

William Frederick Neill

Sergeant | 531666

Sergeant Frederick William Neill of Belfast died on Avro Lancaster W4822 on 3rd November 1943. His grave is in Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium.

John Frederick Nelson

Sergeant | 1796160

Sergeant John Frederick Nelson served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He died on 7th February 1944 while with RAF No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit.

Robert Reid

Lance Corporal | 6086637

Lance Corporal Robert Reid of Belfast served in 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at his time of death in Burma (now Myanmar) on 18th April 1942.

Robin Scott

Second Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant Robin Scott of Eisleben House, Stranmillis, Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 27th May 1940 while serving with the Royal Artillery at Dunkirk.

Francis Eric Sheals

Bombardier | 1486508

Bombardier Francis Eric Sheals was born in Belfast, Co. Antrim. He died aged 29 on 4th January 1942 while serving with the Royal Artillery in North Africa.

William Cummings Taylor

Corporal | 1076948

Corporal William Cummings Taylor of Belfast died in captivity on 29th September 1944 on the Japanese Prisoner of War "Hell Ship" Maros Maru.

Repatriated Foreign Nationals

During the Second World War, several foreign nationals including Allied and Axis troops were buried in Belfast City Cemetery. Repatriation of many occurred in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ernest Almayrac

Sergeant | 31340

Sergeant Ernest Almayrac escaped occupied France and joined the Free French Air Force before his death in Belfast on 25th September 1940.

Rudolf Blume

Gefreiter | B4534

Gefreiter or Corporal Rudolf Blume served in the German Wehrmacht during the war. Born in Roßlau, he was brought to Northern Ireland as a prisoner of war.

Wilhelm Dalbeck

Oberkanonier | A438606

Oberkanonier Wilhelm Dalbeck served in the German Army and was a Prisoner of War in Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down when he died on 23rd July 1945.

Gerhard Geier

Unteroffizier | B19042

Unteroffizier Gerhard Geier served in the Luftwaffe in World War Two. He died at Campbell College Military Hospital, Belfast, Co. Antrim on 25th March 1945.

August Kreinbring

Stabsgefreiter | B4246

Stabsgefreiter or Lance Corporal August Kreinbring served in the German Wehrmacht during the war. He was born in Bulzenow in Germany on 17th November 1915.

Leon Maton

Private

Private Leon Maton served with 2nd (Yser) Infantry Brigade of the Belgian Army. He died following an illness in Belfast on 9th March 1945.

Friedrich Selbach

Obergefreiter

Friedrich Selbach died on 26th July 1945 in a road traffic collision near Larne, Co. Antrim. The German soldier was part of a convoy of prisoners of war.

Other graves in Belfast City Cemetery

Robert Millar Keenan

Private

Private Robert Millar Keenan from Belfast, Co. Antrim served from Dunkirk, France through North Africa and Italy with the British Army during World War Two.

John Cameron Patience

Civilian

John Cameron Patience died on 8th April 1941 aged 60 years old as Luftwaffe planes attacked Harland and Wolff Shipyard on Queen's Road, Belfast, Co. Down.

If you would like to take a tour of Belfast City Cemetery, we recommend contacting Peter McCabe of Belfast City Cemetery Tours.