1st July

Each year, 1st July marks the national holiday of Canada Day. We remember the many Canadians who served in Northern Ireland throughout the Second World War.

The wartime ambulances of the Loyal Orange Institution of Ireland

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1st July 2019

On 1st July 1940, the War Office purchased a pair of motorised ambulances using a £1,000 donation from the Loyal Orange Institution of Ireland in Belfast.

Seymour Hill in WWII

WartimeNI Photo: The Seymour Hill in WWII mural at Hornbeam Walk, Seymour Hill, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim was unveiled by Colonel Robin Charley of the Royal Ulster Rifles on 1st July 2009. Photo taken on 30th June 2020. Copyright Scott Edgar - WartimeNI.

Seymour Hill Mural, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim

Seymour Hill Mural, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim

Hornbeam Walk, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim

Colonel Robin Charley of the Royal Ulster Rifles unveiled a Second World War Mural at Hornbeam Walk, Seymour Hill, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim on 1st July 2009.

Remembering the Fallen

William Gibson

Private | 5725299

Private William Gibson of Belfast died on 1st July 1944 while serving with 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment in the Battle of Normandy that followed D-Day.

William James Marks

Sergeant | 1676946

Sergeant William James Marks of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone died on 1st July 1944 as Avro Lancaster LL958 came down on a raid in support of the Normandy Campaign.

Allan Norris

Sapper | M/54222

Allan Norris descended from a family based in Ballymartin, Co. Down but he served in the Royal Canadian Enginners at the time of his death on 1st July 1944.