Bangor New Cemetery, Bangor, Co. Down

Bangor New Cemetery on the Newtownards Road in Co. Down is the resting place of 40 servicemen who served in World War Two as well as victims of the Blitz.

Bangor New Cemetery

62 Newtownards Road

Bangor

BT20 4DN

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves in Bangor New Cemetery

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists 40 grave plots in Bangor New Cemetery on Newtownards Road, Bangor, Co. Down.

Shief Ahmed

Fireman and Trimmer

Merchant Navy Fireman and Trimmer Shief Ahmed died on S.S. Troutpool when it went down in Belfast Lough off Bangor, Co. Down on 20th July 1940.

Thomas Smith Beckett

Carpenter

Merchant Navy Carpenter Thomas Smith Beckett died on S.S. Troutpool when it went down near the harbour at Bangor, Co. Down on 20th July 1940.

Cyril Charles Cameron

Aircraftman 2nd Class | 3225065

Aircraftman 2nd Class Cyril Charles Cameron of Bangor, Co. Down died on 22nd October 1944 as a result of a bomb loading incident in England.

William Coffin

Sapper | 1951203

Sapper William Coffin of Bangor, Co. Down died as a result of a motorcycle accident in Southampton, Hampshire, England on 8th September 1945.

James Darragh

Corporal | 6977528

Corporal James Darragh was born in Rasharkin, Co. Antrim. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Second World War and died on 27th June 1945.

Thomas Dickson

Lance Corporal | 7019627

Lance Corporal Thomas Dickson served with the Royal Ulster Rifles. He died on 25th September 1943. His grave is in Bangor, Co. Down.

Robert Duff

Leading Stoker | D/KX94612

Leading Stoker Robert Duff of Groomsport, Co. Down served on H.M.S. Meteor in wartime. He died at Ards District Hospital on 20th August 1946.

William Elliot Fraser

Surgeon

Surgeon William Elliot Fraser was born in London, Ontario, Canada but lived in Bangor, Co. Down. He died soon after the Second World War.

William Francis Ernest Gault

Sergeant | 950326

Sergeant William Ernest Gault from Bangor, Co. Down died on 4th April 1941 when his Hawker Hurricane came down on a hillside near Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim.

David Francis Apperson Hollywood

Sub-Lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant David Francis Apperson Hollywood of Bangor, Co. Down died on 15th September 1943 while serving in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

Hugh Kennedy

Corporal | 7902429

Corporal Hugh Kennedy served with North Irish Horse, Royal Armoured Corps when he died on 16th December 1941. The unit was based in Wiltshire, England.

Harold Lamb

Private | 14770658

General Service Corps Private Harold Lamb died on 18th June 1944 aged 37 years old. His grave is in Section 5X of Bangor Cemetery, Bangor, Co. Down.

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.

Albert George MacFarlane

Telegraphist | D/WRX 741

Bangor-born Telegraphist Albert George MacFarlane served at the naval base HMS Drake at Devonport, Plymouth at the time of his death on 29th January 1942.

Edward Martin

Lance Bombardier | 7047144

Lance Bombardier Edward Martin of Bangor, Co. Down died on 20th June 1945 after contracting an illness serving on a tanker off the coast of West Africa.

Leslie Henry Willis Mauger

Engineer Commander

Engineer Commander Leslie Henry Willis Mauger was born in Kent and served in the Royal Navy before his death in Belfast, Co. Antrim on 5th April 1941.

Herbert Reginald Megarry

Sergeant | 745111

Sergeant Herbert Reginald Megarry of Bangor, Co. Down was 20 years old when the young pilot died in an aviation accident over Oxfordshire on 18th May 1940.

Albert Edward Reuben

Corporal | 7212199

Royal Army Ordnance Corps Corporal Albert Edward Reuben lived in Bangor, Co. Down at the time of his death on 10th June 1945 close to the end of the war.

Francis Neville Sloss

Corporal | 1544915

Corporal Francis Neville Sloss died on 18th June 1943 in a training accident on board the Mk I Avro Lancaster I ED439 OL-N in Lincolnshire.

Nathaniel Robert Smith

Colour Sergeant | D/24698

Colour Sergeant Nathaniel Robert Smith of Bangor, Co. Down served in 30th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles at the time of his death on 14th June 1942.

Thomas Stewart

Private | 34156

Private Thomas Stewart died on 16th December 1944. The Bangor, Co. Down man served with the Corps of Military Police during the Second World War.

Barry John Stubbings

Private | 5392025

Private Barry John Stubbings was only 16 years old when he died on 14th March 1942. The young English soldier's grave is in Bangor New Cemetery, Co. Down.

Ernest Watson

Sergeant | 1073521

Sergeant Ernest Watson of Bangor, Co. Down died on 15th September 1942 returning from a bombing raid over Germany wit R.A.F. 218 Squadron.

Robert Logan Wilson

Aircraftman 1st Class | 995972

Born in Bangor, Co. Down, Robert Logan Wilson died on 28th June 1942 when Vickers Wellington R1445 came down soon after take-off from RAF Steeple Morden.

Morrison Woods

Sapper | 153284

Sapper Morrison Woods lived with his wife Phyllis in Bangor, Co. Down at the time of his death on 19th August 1946. He was 30 years old.

Victims of the Belfast Blitz

Five people who died as a result of enemy action on 16th April 1941 are buried in unmarked graves in Bangor New Cemetery.

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Samuel Quigley

Guardsman

Samuel Quigley of Muckamore, Co. Antrim served in 2nd Battalion Irish Guards. He met his wife Freda in unusual circumstances during the Second World War.

Map showing Whitespots Leadmines, Conlig, Co. Down

Whitespots Leadmines, Conlig, Co. Down

The Old Leadmines, Conlig, Co. Down

In April 1941, a total of 70 competitors from the military took part in rigorous off-road motorcycle trials around the old Whitespots Leadmines.

Map showing Conlig, Co. Down during the Second World War

Conlig, Co. Down during the Second World War

Co. Down

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St. Patrick’s Barracks, Ballymena, Co. Antrim

Demesne Avenue, Ballymena, Co. Antrim

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Map showing Army Salvage Depot, Doagh, Co. Antrim

Army Salvage Depot, Doagh, Co. Antrim

Mill Road, Doagh, Co. Anrim

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Map showing Dunmore Park Barracks, Ashfield Crescent, Belfast

Dunmore Park Barracks, Ashfield Crescent, Belfast

Ashfield Crescent, Belfast

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Wartime Lough Neagh

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References
  1. Commonwealth War Graves

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