16th July

On 16th July 1943, photographer Lieutenant JR Bainbridge captured a unique shot of rat-catcher Lance Corporal Chadwick with his military ferret in Ulster.

Rat Destruction Squad

Imperial War Museum Photo: H 31407 (Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection). Lance Corporal A. Chadwick of the Rat Destruction Squad, Army Department Hygiene, Northern Ireland holding a ferret, one of the animals from his unit on 16th July 1943. Lance Corporal Chadwick, a rat catcher by his civilian profession had a number of ferrets and trained dogs at his disposal. Photo taken by Lieutenant JR Bainbridge - Official War Office Photographer.

Remembering the Fallen

Thomas Finney

Private | 6982893

Private Thomas Finney of Moltke Street, Belfast died on 16th July 1945 while serving with the Pioneer Corps. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Alfred Lemm

Private | 3386389

Private Alfred Lemm lived in Rostrevor, Co. Down with his wife before going to war. He died during fighting in the Normandy Campaign on 16th July 1944.

Robert William McCully

Fusilier | 14437056

Fusilier Robert William McCully of Belfast died on 16th July 1944 while serving in the Normandy Campaign with 4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers.

German POWs in Belfast

On 16th July 1962, the bodies of 3 German Prisoners of War buried in Belfast City Cemetery were exhumed and reburied at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Penkridge, Staffordshire, England.

Wilhelm Dalbeck

Oberkanonier | A438606

Oberkanonier Wilhelm Dalbeck served in the German Army and was a Prisoner of War in Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down when he died on 23rd July 1945.

Wilhelm Jungclaus

Obergefreiter | A811180

Corporal Wilhelm Jungclaus died in a road traffic collision on 26th May 1945. At the time, the German seaman was a prisoner of war in Gilford, Co. Down.

Rudolf Schwarz

Obermaat

Obermaat Rudolf Schwarz served in the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. He died on 29th May 1945 while a prisoner of war at Orangefield, Belfast.