Ballymena New Cemetery, Ballymena, Co. Antrim

Commonwealth War Graves in Ballymena New Cemetery

There are 13 World War Two Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves in Ballymena New Cemetery.

Last Name	First Name(s)	Date of Death	Grave
Erwin	Thomas Harold	8th November 1941	A.27.9
Anderson	Marjorie Wilson	15th November 1943	A.10.26
Bell	Henry	4th April 1944	C.17.19
Bonar	Samuel	16th March 1942	A.14.46
Boyd	Donald	28th June 1940	G.1.1
Bryden	Gordon	4th October 1946	C.23.10
Cochrane	Robert	2nd March 1945	C.21.7
Delaney	Thomas Alfred	10th January 1942	A.13.3
Lorimer	William	10th October 1941	A.29.1
Reynolds	James	5th April 1941	D.37.3
Stevenson	Wilson	2nd November 1946	A.24.6
Thompson	Victor Arnold	6th April 1945	B.24.14
Whittaker	Robert	7th October 1947	D.23.28

Marjorie Wilson Anderson

Senior Commander | 192396

WARNING: This article on Senior Commander Marjorie Wilson Anderson deals with the issue of suicide. Miss Anderson died in Ballymena, Co. Antrim in 1943.

Henry Bell

Private | 1463074

Private Henry Bell was a gunner in the Royal Artillery. He served in Africa and Italy with 9th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment and died on 4th April 1944.

Donald Boyd

Private | 5337490

Private Donald Boyd served in Northern Ireland with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment when he died on 28th June 1940 aged only 20 years old.

Robert Cochrane

Gunner | 6975323

Robert Cochrane served as a gunner with 1st Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Cochrane of Ballymena, County Antrim.

Thomas Alfred Delaney

Flight Sergeant | 1111498

Thomas Alfred Delaney served in R.A.F. 12 Squadron as a wireless operator and air gunner on board Vickers Wellington bombers until his death in 1942.

Thomas Harold Erwin

Driver | T/160200

Driver Thomas Harold Erwin from Ballymena, Co. Antrim died in Scotland on 8th November 1941 while serving as a driver with the Royal Army Service Corps.

James Reynolds

Corporal | 5570858

Corporal James Reynolds died on 5th April 1941 in an accident while serving with 4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. He was from Ballymena, Co. Antrim.

Wilson Stevenson

Officer Cadet | 6355702

Officer Cadet Wilson Stevenson died in England on 2nd November 1946. His grave is in the Stevenson family plot at Ballymena Cemetery, Co. Antrim.

Victor Arnold Thompson

Flight Sergeant | 1076295

Flight Sergeant Victor Arnold Thompson of Ballymena, Co. Antrim died on 6th April 1945 when Vickers Wellington HE928 came down during a training exercise.

Other graves in Ballymena New Cemetery

Robert Reid

Constable

Constable Robert Reid of the Royal Ulster Constabulary died on 5th May 1941 when the Luftwaffe attacked Belfast in what became The Fire Raid of the Blitz.