12th July

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.