Runnymede Memorial

The Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England commemorates over 20,000 aircrew members who lost their lives during the Second World War and have no known graves.

Alexander William Valentine Green

Pilot Officer | 78082

Pilot Officer Alexander William Valentine Green of Lurgan, Co. Armagh died on 11th September 1940. He took part in the Battle of Britain.

Arthur Buckby Sinton

Flying Officer | 119279

Arthur Buckby Sinton died on 26th June 1943 aged 27 years old when his Boulton Paul Defiant went down during a Mandrel mission over Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Charles Cecil McKenna

Sergeant | 1795560

Sergeant Charles Cecil McKenna of Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 12th April 1944 when Avro Lancaster ME752 disappeared without a trace on a bombing raid.

Charles Lambert Hamilton

Sergeant | 1085741

Sergeant Charles Lambert Hamilton of Belfast died on 4th September 1943 while on a bombing raid over Germany with R.A.F. 100 Squadron.

Denis Dermot Kane

Coproral | 543862

Corporal Denis Dermot Kane died on 3rd November 1939 while serving in the R.A.F. His name is commemorated at the family plot in Belfast City Cemetery.

Desmond Edwin Sproule Sidney-Smith

Sergeant | 1056817

Sergeant Desmond Edwin Sproule Sidney-Smith of Belfast, Co. Down died on 28th March 1942 when his Mark I Short Stirling bomber came down in the North Sea.

Edward Workman Lindsay

Squadron Leader | 74707

Squadron Edward Workman Lindsay died on 12th August 1944 when H.M.S. Onslow shot down the Liberator EV878 of R.A.F. 224 Squadron over the Bay of Biscay.

Hugh Conn Thompson

Pilot Officer | 52755

Pilot Officer Hugh Conn Thompson of Co. Down died on 22nd June 1943. Lancaster LM330 was on a night-time raid over Krefeld, Germany with RAF 44 Squadron.

Ian Edward Maitland Borley

Flight Sergeant | 365199

Flight Sergeant Ian Edward Maitland Borley, born in Éire and resident of Co. Armagh, was among the first fatalities of the Second World War.