Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who served on land, in the air, and at sea during the Second World War and who died on 17th July.
Remembering the Fallen
Brian Stanley Bannister
Flight Lieutenant | 43089
Flight Lieutenant Brian Stanley Bannister of Belfast died on 17th July 1942 when RAF 24 Squadron's Lockheed Hudson N7253 came down on a flight from Belfast.
James Waclaw Hoba
Warrant Officer Class I | R/103006
Canadian airman James Waclaw Hoba was on a training flight with No. 5 Operational Training Unit when he died northwest of Moira, Co. Down on 17th July 1943.
Christopher John Webster
Lance Corporal | T/87268
Lance Corporal Christopher John Webster of Gilford, Co. Down died on 17th July 1944 while serving with 531st Infantry Brigade Company, RASC in Normandy.