People

William Herbert Hunter

Captain | 224892

Captain William Herbert Hunter was an employee of the Northern Bank in Belfast, Co. Antrim before rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Ulster Rifles.

Francis Anthony McCluskey

Flight Sergeant

Flight Sergeant Francis Anthony McCluskey of Ballymoney died in the Netherlands on 6th October 1942. His story remained untold for many years.

William Norman Jenkins

Rifleman | 7020240

Rifleman William Norman Jenkins of Derry/Londonderry died on 6th October 1943 after returning to the front having spent 3 months in hospital.

Archibald Giffin

Able Seaman | D/JX 243308

Able Seaman Archibald Giffin of Ballymena, Co. Antrim died on 6th October 1941 when a Heinkel HEIII attacked S.S. Thistlegorm near Egypt.

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.

Louis Romeo Dubuc

Louis Romeo Dubuc

Flight Lieutenant | C/1520

A former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Louis Romeo Dubuc died when Lockheed Hudson AE577 came down in Co. Louth on 27th September 1941.

Thomas Dickson

Lance Corporal | 7019627

Lance Corporal Thomas Dickson served with the Royal Ulster Rifles. He died on 25th September 1943. His grave is in Bangor, Co. Down.

James Benson

Petty Officer | D/223430

Petty Officer James Benson served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. He died on 25th September 1939 at an English base H.M.S. Drake.

Ernest Almayrac

Sergeant | 31340

Sergeant Ernest Almayrac escaped occupied France and joined the Free French Air Force before his death in Belfast on 25th September 1940.