Milltown Cemetery lies in the townland of Ballymurphy, Belfast. The large Roman Catholic burial ground is between the Falls Road and the M1 motorway.
Milltown Cemetery opened in 1869 as Belfast’s Catholic population grew. It is sometimes portrayed as a Nationalist or Irish Republican graveyard. Most of the dead, though, are ordinary everyday Catholics from the Belfast area. In total, more than 200,000 people lie at rest in Milltown.
There are three large open areas about the size of a football pitch designated as poor ground. 80,000 people lie here. Many of them died in the great influenza pandemic of 1919.
Commonwealth War Graves in Milltown Cemetery
There are 52 Second World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves in Milltown Cemetery. Another 8 graves are those of foreign nationals who died on service in Northern Ireland. The focal point is a Cross of Sacrifice and a Screen Wall Memorial listing service people with unmarked graves. Vandals set fire to this memorial in 2017 causing scorch damage.
Last Name | First Name(s) | Rank | Date of Death | Grave Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adamowicz | Klemens | Sergeant | 20th December 1943 | A.LG.45 |
Adams | John Gerald Patrick | Sergeant | 25th April 1943 | B.K.97 |
Boyle | John | Fusilier | 23rd December 1940 | B.D.94 |
Brennan | Patrick Joseph | Fireman | 12th November 1941 | A.SF.52 |
Cassidy | Francis | Able Seaman | 12th May 1946 | A.QF.41 |
Charleton | Robert Christopher | Aircraftman 1st Class | 11th May 1940 | B.YB.71 |
Clifford | James | Fusilier | 14th December 1945 | A.LG.44 |
Corrigan | Owen | Guardsman | 30th July 1944 | A.LF.39 |
Cosgrove | James Patrick | Leading Aircraftman | 2nd November 1946 | B.SF.19 |
Cush | Felix | Fireman and Trimmer | 6th June 1946 | B.DG.45 |
Czerniawski | Stanislaw | Platoon Leader | 20th December 1943 | A.LG.46 |
Devery | Keith Thomas | Sergeant | 15th May 1943 | A.LG.40 |
Donnelly | Bernard | Private | 20th January 1940 | A.AG.37 |
Duffy | Patrick | Private | 18th April 1941 | B.HF.24 |
Fogarty | Patrick | Greaser | 7th September 1947 | B.Z.206 |
Harte | Edward | Able Seaman | 22nd October 1940 | B.NG.46 |
Hefferlin | John | Rifleman | 16th March 1941 | A.LG.37 |
Hoba | James Waclaw | Warrant Officer Class I | 17th July 1943 | A.LG.43 |
Holmes | Richard Kevin | Flight Sergeant | 15th May 1943 | A.LG.41 |
Keane | Thomas | Corporal | 5th May 1941 | A.LG.Memorial |
Kearney | James | Private | 26th May 1945 | A.LG.50 |
Kiernan | Francis Joseph | Stoker 1st Class | 21st January 1946 | B.MA.201 |
Kowalewicz | Pawel | Platoon Leader | 20th December 1943 | A.LG.47 |
Leen | Thomas John | Rifleman | 24th January 1941 | A.LG.36 |
Lewandowski | Edward | Corporal | 30th April 1942 | A.LG.39 |
Leyden | Patrick Pearse | Craftsman | 8th May 1944 | B.OB.213 |
Lugowski | Kazimierz | Senior Private | 20th December 1943 | A.LG.49 |
Lunney | Thomas | Leading Aircraftman | 22nd July 1947 | B.T.105 |
MacArdle | Arthur Aloysius | Sergeant | 24th May 1944 | B.OA.103 |
Mohan | James | Donkeyman | 18th September 1940 | B.OF.50 |
Moore | Bernard | Private | 20th July 1940 | B.LG.55 |
Moore | James Simon | Private | 5th May 1941 | A.LG.Memorial |
Morris | John | Private | 7th September 1943 | A.KA.77 |
McAlister | Samuel Patrick | Corporal | 9th September 1941 | B.RB.208 |
McAllister (Served as Short) | John | Driver | 31st May 1942 | A.HG.13 |
McAnulty | Daniel Joseph | Lance Sergeant | 26th November 1941 | A.DF.53 |
McCorry | Terence | Sergeant | 14th November 1941 | A.KF.65 |
McCullough | John Coard | Driver | 30th April 1945 | A.KF.65 |
McDonald | Randall | Leading Aircraftman | 10th March 1946 | B.RA.220 |
McGennity | William H | Rifleman | 16th April 1941 | B.NG.26 |
McGivern | Robert | Private | 19th September 1943 | A.HG.45 |
McIlwee | John | Rifleman | 31st May 1944 | B.ZF.38 |
McIntyre | John Joseph | Gunner | 30th July 1945 | B.ZF.50 |
McKearnon | Charles | Private | 5th September 1947 | B.NA.56 |
McKenna | Francis | Private | 18th September 1942 | B.VC.65 |
McKenna | Owen | Greaser | 30th March 1944 | B.HA.90 |
McLarnon | Paul | Sergeant | 3rd September 1942 | B.VA.93 |
McMahon | Denis Giles | Trooper | 23rd April 1942 | B.Z.73 |
O'Brien | John | Corporal | 27th May 1943 | A.LG.42 |
O'Malley | Francis Gerald | Flight Sergeant | 1st February 1944 | A.DF.33 |
Osben | James | Private | 5th May 1941 | R.LG.Memorial |
Pietrzak | Wincenty | Corporal | 20th December 1943 | A.LG.48 |
Pudelko | Jozef Antoni | Corporal | 23rd April 1942 | A.LG.38 |
Rafferty | Thomas | Private | 7th November 1940 | A.TF.30 |
Reilly | Charles | Greaser | 20th February 1941 | B.SF.41 |
Robb | William Joseph | Fireman | 19th December 1943 | B.NG.37 |
Ward | William | Donkeyman | 1st February 1946 | A.AF.19 |
Whinnery | Thomas | Fusilier | 22nd July 1947 | B.UF.22 |
Wright | James | Corporal | 4th March 1944 | B.KB.68 |
Milltown also includes 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 Belfast City Cemetery. An inscription on the Milltown mass grave reads:
Sacred to the memory of unidentified victims of enemy action. Belfast. April 1941. RIP.
Polish Airmen in Milltown
These men from the Polish Air Force are laid to rest in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast.