The Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain took place from July to October 1940. Airmen and ground crew alike who served in the campaign had connections to Northern Ireland. Previous Next Remembering the Fallen Andrew Hill Brown Private | 13046098 Private Andrew Hill Brown of Glasgow, Lanarkshire served in the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. His wife hailed from Carnlough, Co. Antrim. 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. Hugh Blackwood Price Sergeant | A/22283 Born in Co. Down, Hugh Blackwood Price served in the Royal Canadian Service Corps before being brutally murdered on 18th August 1945.