Belfast City Cemetery

There are 272 Second World War Commonwealth War Graves burials in Belfast City Cemetery as well as family memorials and victims of the Belfast Blitz.

William C. Jenkins

Private

Private William C. Jenkins was a black American soldier killed in a fight outside a public house in Antrim, Co. Antrim on 30th September 1942.

William Cummings Taylor

Corporal | 1076948

Corporal William Cummings Taylor of Belfast died in captivity on 29th September 1944 on the Japanese Prisoner of War "Hell Ship" Maros Maru.

William Frederick Neill

Sergeant | 531666

Sergeant Frederick William Neill of Belfast died on Avro Lancaster W4822 on 3rd November 1943. His grave is in Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium.

William Gibson

Private | 5725299

Private William Gibson of Belfast died on 1st July 1944 while serving with 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment in the Battle of Normandy that followed D-Day.

William Holt Conroy

Ordinary Telegraphist | D/JX 619388

William Holt Conroy was a pupil of Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He was on H.M.S. Kite when it came under attack on 21st August 1944.

William Hood

Rifleman | 7015364

Belfast-born Rifleman William Hood died on 10th March 1941 while serving in the England on home defence duties with 8th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles.

William John McNabney

William John McNabney served in the Royal Engineers, Ulster Division in The Great War. He died on 6th January 1941 in a U.V.F. Hospital in Belfast.

William John Parkes

Squadron Sergeant Major | 2717391

Content warning: This article contains a graphic image of the corpse of Squadron Sergeant Major William John Parkes, which some readers may find upsetting.

William Luney

Sergeant | 1059215

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant William Luney died on 1st April 1942 when Lockheed Hudson AE558 crashed near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire,UK.