Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who died on 7th August during the Second World War including a Prisoner of War in south-east Asia.
Remembering the Fallen
Bert Bates
Private | 4923643
Private Bert Bates of Oldpark, Belfast served in Normandy with 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment at the time of his death on 7th August 1944.
Roy William Ellis
Flying Officer | 136508
Flying Officer Roy William Ellis died on 7th August 1943 when Consolidated Catalina PBY-5B FP101 came down in bad weather at Duross Point, Co. Fermanagh.
Samuel Edgar Thompson
Corporal | 3382573
Corporal Samuel Edgar Thompson of Belfast died on 7th August 1943 after falling ill while a being held Prisoner of War. His grave is in present-day Myanmar.