15th September - WartimeNI

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain took place from July to October 1940. Airmen and ground crew alike who served in the campaign had connections to Northern Ireland.

Military vehicles in Lisburn, Co. Antrim

On 15th September 1942, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge, a War Office photographer took a series of pictures of vehicles converted for use by the Signals Corps including Lorry Command Vehicles and Power Buses at Lisburn, Co. Antrim.

Remembering the Fallen

William Elliot Fraser

Surgeon

Surgeon William Elliot Fraser was born in London, Ontario, Canada but lived in Bangor, Co. Down. He died soon after the Second World War.

David Francis Apperson Hollywood

Sub-Lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant David Francis Apperson Hollywood of Bangor, Co. Down died on 15th September 1943 while serving in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

Ernest Watson

Sergeant | 1073521

Sergeant Ernest Watson of Bangor, Co. Down died on 15th September 1942 returning from a bombing raid over Germany wit R.A.F. 218 Squadron.