18th July

Remembering men and women with connections to Northern Ireland who lost their lives throughout history on 18th July including a former Ulster Rugby player.

Yvette and her GI Gang

NARA Photo: 342-FH-3A48197-79360AC. Celebrity singer Yvette (real name Elsa Harris) and her GI Gang at USAAF base at Langford Lodge, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Photo taken on 18th July 1943. Public domain photo.

Remembering the Fallen

George Alexander Maginnis

Lieutenant | 203952

Lieutenant George Alexander Maginnis served in B Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles at the time of his death in Normandy, France on 18th July 1944.

Eliza Jane Mehaffey

Nursing Sister

Nursing Sister Eliza Jane Mehaffey of Strabane, Co. Tyrone died on 18th July 1943 while on a flight back to H.M.S. Coromorant II naval base in Gibraltar.

John Thompson Patterson

Rifleman | 7015245

Rifleman John Thompson Patterson served with the Royal Ulster Rifles and died on 18th July 1946 having served in wartime with the Royal Ulster Rifles.