16th September

Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who died on 16th September as far afield as Normandy, Italy, North Africa, and Burma.

Remembering the Fallen

John Oliver Dinsmore

Guardsman | 2723037

Guardsman John Oliver Dinsmore of Portrush, Co. Antrim died on 16th September 1944 having escaped from a Prisoner of War camp in Italy.

Robert Reginald Gunn

Deck Hand

Robert Reginald Gunn was a 46-year-old Deck Hand on F.V. Wellvale when it sank off the Isle of Mull in the Irish Sea on 16th September 1939.

James Watton

Private | 14444096

Private James Watton of Co. Londonderry died on 16th September 1944 serving in Normandy, France with 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders.