29th March

Remembering service personnel from across the globe with connections to Northern Ireland who died on 29th March during the years of the Second World War.

Bristol Beaufort AW277 crash on Colin Mountain, Co. Antrim

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29th March 2021

At around 0400hrs on 29th March 1943, Bristol Beaufort AW277 came down on Colin Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 4 crew members of No. 5 O.T.U.

Remembering the Fallen

Ordinary Seaman Andrew Cecil Dick

Andrew Cecil Dick

Ordinary Seaman | 3228

Ordinary Seaman Andrew Cecil Dick was born in Strabane, Co. Tyrone. He died on 29th March 1942 while on board HMS Trinidad with the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Thomas Charles Stevens

Sergeant | 9452

Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant Thomas Charles Stevens from Ballarat, Victoria died on 29th March 1943 when Beaufort AW277 crashed in Northern Ireland.

Maxwell Smyth

Corporal | 6977646

Corporal Maxwell Smyth from Laurencetown, Co. Down died on 29th March 1942 while serving with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Burma (Myanmar).