At least 14 crew members of HMS Gloucester with connections to Ulster died on 22nd May 1941 when the Royal Navy ship came under attack from the Luftwaffe.
HMS Gloucester
James Francis Bailie
Able Seaman | D/SSX 24182
Able Seaman James Francis Bailie Casson of Greyabbey, Co. Down died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
Cedric Bond
Signalman | D/JX 153514
Signalman Cedric Bond of Belfast died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed the Royal Navy's C Force cruiser HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
William Reginald Jones Casson
Able Seaman | D/JX 141483
Able Seaman William Reginald Jones Casson of Newry, Co. Down died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
John Harris
Stoker 2nd Class | D/KX 118101
Stoker 2nd Class John Harris of Belfast died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
Thomas Irwin
Leading Seaman | D/JX 142449
Leading Seaman Thomas Irwin of Limavady, Co. Londonderry died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed cruiser HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
George Henry McCleery
Able Seaman | D/SSX 18324
Able Seaman George Henry McCleery of Belfast died in the Mediterranean on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
Walter James McClure
Petty Officer Cook | D/MX 49447
Petty Officer Cook Walter James McClure of Dunluce, Co. Antrim died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
Daniel McKay
Leading Seaman | D/SSX 18521
Leading Seaman Daniel McKay of Knock, Co. Down died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed the Royal Navy's HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
Robert McSpadden
Boy 1st Class | D/JX 162883
Boy 1st Class Robert McSpadden of Newcastle, Co. Down died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed the cruiser HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
John Henry Megraw
Boy 1st Class | D/JX 162146
Boy 1st Class John Henry Megraw of Belfast died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete. He was 17 years old.
Daniel Mooney
Boy 1st Class | D/JX 162737
Boy 1st Class Daniel Mooney of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed cruiser HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
James Sloan
Ordinary Seaman | P/JX 189420
Ordinary Seaman James Sloan of Ahoghill, Co. Antrim died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed the cruiser HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
Robert Alexander Whyte
Boy 1st Class | D/JX 163266
Boy 1st Class Robert Alexander Whyte of Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry died on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed HMS Gloucester in the Battle of Crete.
William James Young
Able Seaman | D/SSX 24859
Able Seaman William James Young of Belfast died in the Mediterranean on 22nd May 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed HMS Gloucester during the Battle of Crete.
Remembering the Fallen
William Robert Martin
Warrant Officer | 1358095
Warrant Officer William Robert Martin of Belfast died on 22nd May 1945 when RAF No. 26 OTU's Wellington LP863 came down near Cirencester, Gloucestershire.