Queens University War Memorial, University Road, Belfast

The Queens University War Memorial stands in front of the main campus building at University Road, Belfast. It features a bronze statue of the winged goddess Victory sustaining a fallen soldier. Sir Thomas Brock first designed the piece while Arnold Wright oversaw completion after Brock's death. It was first dedicated on 21st July 1924 in memory of those who died in The Great War. The Duke of York - later King George VI - carried out the proceedings.

Field-Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke rededicated the memorial on 8th November 1950. He was Chancellor of Queens University at the time. The memorial now serves to remember the fallen of The Great War and Second World War.

The names of those killed from Queens University in the Second World War are also listed in a Book of Remembrance. This book is held at Queens University, University Road, Belfast.

Remembering the Fallen

There are 154 names of those who died in the Second World War on the Queens University War Memorial.

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Last Name	First Name(s)	Rank	Regiment
Adams	Harold William	Flight Lieutenant	Royal Air Force
Alexander	Robert	Captain	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Austin	Stanley Maurice	Flying Officer	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Beattie	Tudor	Sergeant	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Beckett	Alfred Francis	Pilot Officer	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Bell	Maurice Watt	Lieutenant	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Bonnar	William McKee	Squadron Leader	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Boyd	Thomas Henry	Lieutenant	Royal Engineers
Bradshaw	Arthur Balfour	2nd Lieutenant	Royal Corps of Signals
Bridgewood	John William	Pilot Officer	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

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Robert Alexander

Captain | 129996

Captain Robert Alexander of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers died on 19th July 1943. The Irish Rugby and cricket international was fighting in Sicily.

John Devenish Condy

Lieutenant | 87458

Lieutenant John Devenish Condy died on 27th May 1940 during the evacuation of Dunkirk. He was a qualified barrister who served in the Royal Artillery.

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.

Vivian Lester Currie

Pilot Officer | 106035

Pilot Officer Vivian Lester Currie died on 23rd July 1942 after he engaged with 2 German fighter planes over the English Channel to the north of Brittany.

Moses Charles Frazer

Lance Bombardier | 1116622

Lance Bombardier Moses Charles Frazer served in the British Army's Royal Artillery at the time of his death during the Battle of Normandy on 29th July 1944.

Hugh Macivor Given

Flight Lieutenant | 112706

Flight Lieutenant Hugh Macivor Given from Ballymena, Co. Antrim died on 8th February 1943 while serving in the Royal Air Force with 27 Squadron in India.

William Moody MacDonald

Pilot Officer | 102146

Pilot Officer William Moody MacDonald died in a training accident in Miles Master T8581 on 28th August 1941. His grave is in Bangor, Co. Down.

John McAdam

Sergeant | 748076

Sergeant John McAdam served with the Royal Air Force in 41 Squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain and had many aerial battles with the Luftwaffe.

William John McCarroll

Flight Lieutenant | 103019

Flight Lieutenant William John McCarroll served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during World War Two and was killed flying off the coast of Italy.

Robert Charles McLaren

Sergeant | 1515312

Robert Charles McLaren from Sixmilecross in Co. Tyrone was known to family and friends as Charlie. He was killed on a raid with RAF 626 Squadron to Brunswick in January 1944.

Hugh Graham Montgomery

Sergeant | 657862

Sergeant Hugh Graham Montgomery died on 13th August 1943 while serving with the Royal Air Force. He also served with the Royal Artillery.

Frederick James Perry

Flight Lieutenant | 119140

Flight Lieutenant Frederick James Perry of Killyleagh, Co. Down died on 27th March 1944 while serving in Singapore with Royal Air Force 28 Squadron.

John Frederick Smellie

Captain | 158421

Captain John Frederick Smellie of Co. Down was a commanding officer at his time of death on 23rd September 1943 in Operation Market Garden.

Henry de Landre Watson

Flight Lieutenant | 148537

Flight Lieutenant Henry de Landre Watson served with RAF 48 Squadron at the time of his death on 26th February 1947 on a routine flight from Singapore.

References

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