Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who died on 12th July during wartime and the tale of a Belfast-bought guitar that went to war.
Remembering the Fallen
Sydney Ireland
Sergeant | 745103
Sergeant Sydney Ireland died on 12th July 1940 in a training accident in Spitfire P9502 before having flown an operational sortie in the Battle of Britain.
Daniel Gwynfor McLoughlin
Private | 3963453
Private Daniel Gwynfor McLoughlin of Llanelli, Wales left a widow and child in Banbridge, Co. Down at the time of his death in Normandy on 12th July 1944.
Edward Alexander Mitchell
Sergeant | 7007893
Sergeant Edward Alexander Mitchell served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War. He died on 12th July 1945. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.