11th March

Remembering the men and women with connections to wartime Northern Ireland who died on 11th March during the years of the Second World War 1939 - 1945.

Remembering the Fallen

Basil Julian David Brooke

Lieutenant | 200083

Lieutenant Basil Julian David Brooke of Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh died on 11th March 1943 while serving with 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards in Tunisia.

Leslie George Chapman

Sergeant | 967658

Sergeant Leslie George Chapman of RAF 231 Squadron was an air gunner at the time of his death in an aviation accident in Co. Tyrone on 11th March 1942.

James Thomas McVeigh

Rifleman | 7017357

Rifleman James Thomas McVeigh was 40 years old, serving in a home defence unit when he died in a military hospital in Belfast, Co. Down on 11th March 1941.

James Murphy

Lance Corporal | 7012729

Lance Corporal James Murphy of Belfast, Co. Antrim served in 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment at the time of his death in Tunisia on 11th March 1943.

William Russell Rattray

Pilot Officer | 41938

Pilot Officer William Russell Rattray was a 22 year old pilot from Canterbury, New Zealand serving with the Royal Air Force when he died on 11th March 1942.

Victor Hall Skillen

Sergeant | 745460

Sergeant Victor Hall Skillen of Belfast, Co. Down died on 11th March 1941 when his Bristol Blenheim collided with a Heinkel HE111 over Amiens, France.