People

Friedrich Selbach

Obergefreiter

Friedrich Selbach died on 26th July 1945 in a road traffic collision near Larne, Co. Antrim. The German soldier was part of a convoy of prisoners of war.

George Rodgers

Rifleman | 7015246

Rifleman George Rodgers died on 22nd July 2017. He had not received the Légion d'Honneur that his family applied for for his role in the Dunkirk evacuation.

Samuel Robinson McBurney

Gunner | 1465660

Belfast-born Gunner Samuel Robinson McBurney died on 25th July 1944 while serving with 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

Henry Baxter Ward

Able Seaman | C/JX544636

Able Seaman Henry Baxter Ward died on 22nd July 1945 as a result of accidental cyanide poisoning on board HMS Violet while docked in Durban, South Africa.

Joseph Stewart

Flight Sergeant | 627588

Flight Sergeant Joseph Stewart of Belfast died on 22nd July 1941 when a Luftwaffe night fighter intercepted Vickers Wellington R1334 over Hertfordshire.

James Carlisle

Private | 7009586

Private James Carlisle died on 22nd July 1944 while serving with the British Army's Royal Army Ordnance Corps. His grave is in Carnmoney, Co. Antrim.

James Waclaw Hoba

Warrant Officer Class I | R/103006

Canadian airman James Waclaw Hoba was on a training flight with No. 5 Operational Training Unit when he died northwest of Moira, Co. Down on 17th July 1943.

Bernard Joseph Robinson

Private | 4927283

Private Bernard Joseph Robinson of 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment died on 6th July 1942 while his territorial unit was in Northern Ireland.

Alexander Clarke

Sergeant | 1459281

Sergeant Alexander Clarke of Belfast died on 6th July 1944 while serving overseas with 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.