23rd July

Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who died on 23rd July including a German Prisoner of War held at Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.

Remembering the Fallen

Pilot Officer Vivian Lester Currie

Vivian Lester Currie

Pilot Officer | 106035

Pilot Officer Vivian Lester Currie died on 23rd July 1942 after he engaged with 2 German fighter planes over the English Channel to the north of Brittany.

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.

Alan Gilbert Potter

Flight Sergeant | 417302

Flight Sergeant Alan Gilbert Potter (417302) served in the Royal Australian Air Force. He died on 23rd July 1943 in a training accident over Co. Antrim.

Robert Camac Sterling

Pilot Officer | 77981

Pilot Officer Robert Camac Sterling was the only member of his RAF 149 Squadron crew killed when a BF110 attacked their Wellington on 23rd July 1940.