Dundonald Cemetery, Dundonald, Co. Down

Commonwealth War Graves in Dundonald Cemetery

There are 88 World War Two Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves in Dundonald Cemetery. Many others lost during the war have their names remembered on family memorials.

Last name	First Name(s)	Rank	Date of Death	Grave
Brown	John Thomas	Flying Officer	17th December 1943	A3 166
Coulter	Thomas	Rifleman	8th February 1942	E1 60
Phillips	David Maxwell	Warrant Officer Class III	2nd June 1940	E2 55
Jones	Ronald	Company Quartermaster Sergeant	22nd November 1944	F2 388
Spray	Hugh Andrews	Gunner	16th June 1940	D1 464
Spridgeon	William Edward	Gunner	6th February 1947	B4 696
Halliday	William Erick	Sergeant	10th December 1942	A2 308
Irwin	Wallace John Talbot	Major	30th January 1947	C5 100
Simpson	James	Aircraftman 2nd Class	1st October 1944	B5 316
Wilson	Samuel	Private	3rd March 1947	B4 227
McCracken	Charles Henry Kemp	Private	9th September 1947	E6 131
Crabbe	James Douglas	Flying Officer	9th November 1942	E3 698
Murphy	Charles	Able Seaman	14th April 1945	B5 406
Proudfoot	William James	Rifleman	3rd July 1947	F5 216
Cole	Cecil	Leading Aircraftman	5th April 1946	B4 864
Heap	William James Sydney Jones	Aircraftman 2nd Class	12th March 1942	A2 230
Spratt	Robert	Gunner	6th February 1946	B1 78
Stewart	William James	Private	26th August 1941	C1 571
Cooke	Elizabeth	Aircraftwoman 1st Class	21st November 1945	B4 857
Stockdale	Thomas Norman	Pilot Officer	28th August 1943	D1 306
Smyth	Eric	Leading Aircraftman	11th September 1945	B5 417
Winters	John Owens	Sergeant	2nd December 1943	D2 82
Horner	Samuel Young	Driver	15th November 1945	B4 728
Hume	John French	Corporal	15th February 1946	B4 803
Weir	Edward	Private	14th January 1947	B4 613
Kildea	Robert Michael	Flying Officer	28th August 1943	E5 235
Agnew	Robert Keith	Leading Aircraftman	9th December 1941	E3 899
Thompson	Fairfield	Sergeant	13th September 1942	F6 514
Carrothers	Thomas	Gunner	19th June 1940	E4 48
Price	George	Sergeant	13th December 1943	B5 781
Grant	Archibald	Bombardier	21st February 1942	E5 902
Hegan	Robert Stanley	Leading Aircraftman	6th January 1943	F5 175
Sterling	Robert Camac	Pilot Officer	23rd July 1940	B2 294
Hawthorne	James Thomas	Sergeant	1st February 1941	E6 226
Maxwell	William Ernest Norman	Flying Officer	23rd January 1943	F3 165
Spence	Robert	Private	24th September 1942	F5 5
Hamilton	George Desmond	Flying Officer	14th August 1944	B5 243
Haire	John Keatinge	Sergeant	6th November 1940	D4 102
McKnight	Guy	Gunner	20th January 1941	F3 46
Doggart	Edmund Horzman	Private	4th March 1940	F5 569
Hobson	Francis	Ordinary Seaman	13th September 1940	C2 318
Scouarnec	Joseph	Able Seaman	31st October 1945	B4 729
Montgomery	John Henry	Corporal	15th November 1945	D2 567
McKernan	Joseph William	Warrant Officer Class II	2nd April 1947	C5 680
Montgomery	Hugh Graham	Sergeant	13th August 1943	F2 7
Agnew	James Thompson	Flying Officer	20th April 1944	B2 347
Smyth	Aaron	Trooper	3rd October 1944	A3 586
Patterson	John	Private	18th July 1946	D4 636
Nicholl	John	Sergeant	13th July 1941	B2 417
Haveron	Daniel	Corporal	17th November 1947	C6 135
Thompson	Robert Arnold	Second Lieutenant	14th April 1940	C1 9
Guy	Hubert	Sergeant	18th August 1942	F4 565
Doyle	Richard	Lance Corporal	10th March 1942	D5 588
Grieve	John Donaldson	Sergeant	4th February 1945	E4 296
Spence	Sydney	Driver	28th August 1947	F6 571
Crabb	Sydney Reginald	Corporal	16th April 1942	A2 250
Evans	Thomas Glyndwr	Sergeant	24th July 1941	F3 30
Smith	Marjorie Mary	Private	15th September 1944	B5 576
Graham	George	Fusilier	16th April 1941	E1 490
Savage	Joseph Wardle	Leading Aircraftman	8th April 1941	B2 809
Napier	Herbert Vincent	Corporal	14th May 1943	E6 142
King	John	Warrant Officer Class III	29th July 1940	F2 877
Titterington	James	Sergeant	23rd November 1943	A3 118
Coleman	John William	Petty Officer Stoker	23rd November 1945	B4 639
Polland	Joseph Norman	Sergeant	19th December 1943	E2 766
Kerr	James Francis Ferguson	Sergeant	21st October 1940	A1 14
Allingham	William Johnston	Squadron Leader	27th October 1941	D1 80
Keown	Frederick James	Sergeant	3rd February 1943	C4 223
McKinney	Samuel Alexander	Pilot II	30th August 1947	B5 210
Bannister	Brian Stanley	Flight Lieutenant	17th July 1942	B2 732
Stewart	James Gordon	Leading Aircraftman	4th June 1947	C5 110
Reid	David	Corporal	3rd June 1942	A2 183
Finlay	Frederick E	Private	16th February 1945	E5 344
Jeffrey	William	Leading Aircraftman	22nd August 1946	E2 107
McFarland	John	Rifleman	25th March 1942	A2 241
Brown	Robert Augustus	Corporal	30th July 1942	F4 362
Elliott	George Ernest	Leading Stoker	10th December 1946	C2 264
Clarke	John	Corporal	28th March 1940	F6 188
Starrett	Richard	Rifleman	25th March 1943	B1 744
Thompson	John	Gunner	28th June 1945	D1 306
Kirkpatrick	Andrew	Fusilier	11th September 1940	F6 277
Knox	Francis	Rifleman	8th May 1940	E2 345
Lowry	Robert	Leading Aircraftman	12th May 1943	E1 11
McCrum	Robert Ivan	Captain	25th June 1946	A4 21
Rodgers	Albert Henry	Lance Corporal	25th April 1947	B5 762
Shaw	Edmund Verner	Flight Sergeant	21st May 1942	D4 105
Sloan	Samuel	Chief Engineer Officer	28th July 1940	B1 244
McGirr	Francis Martin	Able Seaman	11th January 1942	E1 52

James Thompson Agnew

Flying Officer

Flying Officer James Thompson Agnew died on 20th April 1944 in a training crash. With Bomber Command, he won a Distinguished Flying Cross in December 1943.

Robert Keith Agnew

Leading Aircraftman | 1136022

Robert Keith Agnew was a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was training as a pilot when he died on 9th December 1941.

William Johnston Allingham

Squadron Leader | 77332

Squadron Leader William Johnston Allingham died on 27th October 1942 aged 56 years old. His grave is in Dundonald Cemetery, Co. Down.

Brian Stanley Bannister

Flight Lieutenant | 43089

Flight Lieutenant Brian Stanley Bannister of Belfast died on 17th July 1942 when RAF 24 Squadron's Lockheed Hudson N7253 came down on a flight from Belfast.

John Thomas Brown

Flying Officer | 156611

The RAF suffered heavy losses on the night of 16th-17th December 1943, known as "Black Thursday". Belfast-born John Thomas Brown was one of many losses.

Robert Augustus Brown

Corporal | 816108

Corporal Robert Augustus Brown of Bloomfield, Belfast served in the Auxiliary Air Force as ground crew with RAF 502 Squadron when he died on 30th July 1942.

John Clarke

Corporal | D/24423

Corporal John Clarke from Dundonald, Co. Down served in 6th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, a Home Defence battalion when he died on 28th March 1940.

Cecil Cole

Leading Aircraftman | 623905

Leading Aircraftman Cecil Cole of Roxburgh Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 5th April 1946 having served in the Royal Air Force during World War Two.

HMS Danae and cruisers bound for Normandy

John William Coleman

Petty Officer Stoker | P/K57950

Royal Navy Petty Officer Stoker John William Coleman was born in Liverpool, Lancashire but made a home with his wife and daughter in Belfast, Co. Antrim.

Elizabeth Cooke

Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2098275

On 21st November 1945, Aircraftwoman1st Class Elizabeth Cooke died in Belfast, Co. Antrim. She had served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in the war.

James Douglas Crabbe

Flying Officer | 119539

Pilot Officer James Douglas Crabbe of Belfast, Co. Down was a flying instructor with the Royal Air Force when he died while training on 9th November 1942.

George Ernest Elliott

Leading Stoker | D/KX 81795

Leading Stoker George Ernest Elliott served in the Royal Navy throughout the Second World War. He died in Belfast on 10th December 1946.

Thomas Glyndwr Evans

Sergeant | 3957965

Born in Wales, Sergeant Thomas Glyndwr Evans served in 1/5th Battalion Welch Regiment at the time of his death in Belfast, Co. Antrim on 24th July 1941.

Frederick Ernest Finlay

Private | 6984160

Private Frederick Ernest Finlay died at Purdysburn Emergency Hospital, Belfast, Co. Antrim on 16th February 1945. He served in the Corps of Military Police.

Archibald Grant

Bombardier | 1463105

Bombardier Archibald Grant died on 21st February 1942. He was a former player at Linfield Football Club before enlisting in the Territorial Army in 1939.

Hubert Guy

Sergeant | 1096085

Sergeant Hubert Guy of Belfast died on 18th August 1942 when his Hawker Hurricane crashed in a training accident near Forfar, Scotland.

John Keatinge Haire

Sergeant

Sergeant John Keatinge Haire was a pilot with RAF 145 Squadron during the Battle of Britain who sacrificed his life to save others on the Isle of Wight.

William Erick Halliday

Sergeant | 1126208

Sergeant William Erick Halliday lived on Cyprus Avenue in East Belfast when he went to war. He died in training with the Royal Air Force in December 1942.

George Desmond Hamilton

Flying Officer | 150802

Flying Officer George Desmond Hamilton of Belfast died on 14th August 1944 when his Airspeed Oxford ED223 crashed on a training flight.

William James Sydney Jones Heap

Aircraftman 2nd Class | 1123746

Aircraftman 2nd Class William James Sydney Jones Heap died on 12th March 1942 when his Blackburn Botha plane crashed into a cliff face on the Isle of Man.

Ronald Jones

Company Quartermaster Sergeant | 3907957

Ronald Jones served as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant in the Welch Regiment when he died on 22nd November 1944. His grave is in Dundonald, Co. Down.

Frederick James Keown

Sergeant | 1079113

Sergeant Frederick James Keown died on 3rd February 1943 when Wellington BK241 crashed at Church Broughton, Derbyshire. His grave is in Dundonald, Co. Down.

Robert Michael Kildea

Flying Officer | 118092

Flying Officer Robert Michael Kildea of Templemore Avenue, Belfast was a Pilot in R.A.F. 86 Squadron at his time of death on 28th August 1943.

John King

Warrant Officer Class III | 7008389

Warrant Officer Class III John King served in 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles at his time of death as a result of a traffic collision on 29th July 1940.

Robert Lowry

Leading Aircraftman | 1502000

Leading Aircraftman Robert Lowry died on 12th May 1943 after the dispersal hut of D Flight, RAF No. 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit caught fire in Yorkshire.

Robert Ivan McCrum

Captain | 152246

Retired British Army Captain Robert Ivan McCrum of Belfast died on 25th June 1946 after having been recalled to the General Service Corps in wartime.

John McFarland

Rifleman | 25089

Rifleman John McFarland was enlisted in the 30th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles when he died at Campbell College Military Hospital on 25th March 1942.

Samuel Alexander Moore McKinney

Pilot II | 1795958

Pilot II Samuel Alexander Moore McKinney died as a result of a motorcycle accident in Deben, Suffolk on 30th August 1947. He served in RAF 54 Squadron.

Guy McKnight

Gunner | 1523252

Gunner Guy McKnight of Belfast, Co. Down died on 20th January 1941. He served in 315th Battery, 102nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.

George Herbert Menary

Sergeant

Sergeant George Herbert Menary from Belfast, Co. Antrim is buried in Dundonald Cemetery, Dundonald, Co. Down. He died on 1st April 1949 after the war's end.

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.

David Maxwell Phillips

Warrant Officer Class III | 6976134

Warrant Officer Class III David Maxwell Phillips died on 2nd June 1940 after returning to England with 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers from Dunkirk.

William James Proudfoot

Rifleman | D/25113

Rifleman William James Proudfoot died on 3rd July 1947 aged 63 years old having served with 7th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second World War.

Joseph Wardle Savage

Leading Aircraftman | 1109070

Leading Aircraftman Joseph Wardle Savage from Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 8th April 1941 after his De Havilland Tiger Moth collided with another in mid-air.

Joseph Scouarnec

Able Seaman

Able Seaman Joseph Scouarnec was a Free French member of the Merchant Navy who died in Belfast on 31st October 1945 having travelled the world.

Edmund Verner Shaw

Flight Sergeant | 748518

Flight Sergeant Edmund Verner Shaw died on 21st May 1942 when his Avro Anson bomber of the RAF's No. 21 OTU came down near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

James Simpson

Aircraftman 2nd Class | 1905744

Aircraftman 2nd Class James Simpson of Belfast died in England on 1st October 1944. His grave is in Dundonald Cemetery, Dundonald, Co. Down.

Samuel Sloan

Chief Engineer Officer

Chief Engineer Officer Samuel Sloan served in the Merchant Navy on SS Orlock Head at the time of his death on 28th July 1940 as a result of enemy action.

Aaron Smyth

Trooper | 7018785

Trooper Aaron Smyth served in the Reconnaissance Corps at the time of his death on 3rd October 1944. His grave is in Dundonald Cemetery, Co. Down.

Robert Spence

Private | 7018821

Private Robert Spence served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps when he died at Massereene Hospital, Antrim, Co. Antrim on 24th September 1942.

Robert Spratt

Gunner | 1472242

Gunner Robert Spratt served in the Royal Artillery during World War Two. He died on 6th February 1946 in his brother in law's house in Belfast, Co. Antrim.

Hugh Andrews Spray

Gunner | 1465681

Gunner Hugh Andrews Spray of Glenfarne Street, Belfast died on 16th June 1940 while en route back to the United Kingdom to receive treatment for his wounds.

William Edward Spridgeon

Gunner | 4795773

Gunner William Edward Spridgeon of Thorndyke Street, Belfast, Co. Down died on 6th February 1947 after serving in World War Two with the Royal Artillery.

Richard Starrett

Rifleman | D/25132

Rifleman Richard Starrett was born in Barrow-in-Furness and moved to Belfast, Co. Antrim. During World War One, he enlisted with the Royal Irish Rifles.

Robert Camac Sterling

Pilot Officer | 77981

Pilot Officer Robert Camac Sterling was the only member of his RAF 149 Squadron crew killed when a BF110 attacked their Wellington on 23rd July 1940.

James Gordon Stewart

Leading Aircraftman | 650034

Leading Aircraftman James Gordon Stewart died on 4th June 1947 aged 29 years old having served during the Second World War with the Royal Air Force.

William James Stewart

Private | D/39922

Private William James Stewart of Belfast died on 26th August 1941 while serving in the United Kingdom with 10th Battalion The King's Regiment.

Thomas Norman Stockdale

Pilot Officer | 52486

Pilot Officer Thomas Norman Stockdale of Bangor, Co. Down died when Bristol Beaufighter LZ156 crashed in Scotland on 28th August 1943.

James Titterington

Sergeant | 1796161

Sergeant James Titterington was a Flight Engineer on board Halifax JB926 that crashed in horrific weather conditions over Yorkshire on 24th November 1943.

Edward Weir

Private | D/24547

Edward Weir, the son of a Scottish rivetter in Belfast's shipyards, died on 14th January 1947 after treatment in the UVF Hospital, Upper Galwally, Belfast.

Family Memorials in Dundonald Cemetery

These names are inscribed and remembered on family plots in Dundonald Cemetery, Co. Down.

John Anderson

Greaser

Greaser John Anderson served in the Merchant Navy on M.V. Fort Richepanse at the time of his death on 3rd September 1941. He lived in Belfast.

Robert Corbett Boyle

Chief Steward | 171309

Chief Steward Robert Corbett Boyle served in the Merchant Navy during World War Two. He was on board SS Refast on 26th January 1942 when it was attacked.

Sydney Colbert

Flying Officer | 148102

Flying Officer Sydney Colbert DFC was a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve serving in 156 Squadron. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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.

Samuel Glass

Rifleman | 7020032

Rifleman Samuel Glass of Belfast died on 7th June 1944, shot by a sniper after landing in Normandy with 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles the previous day.

Other graves in Dundonald Cemetery

Thomas William Bleakley

Civilian

Civilian Thomas William Bleakley was a joiner from Thorndyke Street, East Belfast, Co. Down. He died in an air raid shelter on the night of 15th April 1941.

James Francis Ferguson Kerr

Sergeant | 748075

Sergeant James Francis Ferguson Kerr of Strandtown, Belfast died as a result of an incident on 21st October 1940 while with No. 13 O.T.U.

George Herbert Menary

Sergeant

Sergeant George Herbert Menary from Belfast, Co. Antrim is buried in Dundonald Cemetery, Dundonald, Co. Down. He died on 1st April 1949 after the war's end.

Sydney Spence

Driver | T/5334829

Driver Sydney Spence of Belfast served in the Royal Army Service Corps at his time of death on 28th August 1947 after the Second World War.

William Robert Watt

Sergeant

Sergeant William Robert Watt served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during World War Two. He was born in 1914 in Belfast, Co. Antrim.