On 21st February 1942, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, 34th Infantry Division fired the first American shells in Europe during World War Two in Ulster.
Sergeant Reginald William Bodsworth of Northamptonshire died on 21st February 1944 due to injuries sustained when Sunderland W6028 crashed in Co. Fermanagh.
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.
John Gray
Corporal | T/134162
Corporal John Gray served in both the First World War and World War Two; the latter with Royal Army Service Corps before his death on 21st February 1943.
