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Edmund Verner Shaw

Flight Sergeant | 748518

Flight Sergeant Edmund Verner Shaw died on 21st May 1942 when his Avro Anson bomber of the RAF's No. 21 OTU came down near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Norman Clements Keenan

Sergeant | 934645

Sergeant Norman Clements Keenan died on 21st May 1942 on a training flight accident in Airspeed Oxford BG207 near the village of Egmanton, Nottinghamshire.

Arthur Robert Wing

Stoker | LT/KX 107993

Royal Naval Patrol Service Stoker Arthur Robert Wing died on 20th May 1942, accidentally drowning while serving on HMS Southern Breeze in Belfast docks.

William Columba Boyle

Flight Sergeant | 651585

Flight Sergeant William Columba Boyle of Belfast died on 17th May 1942 while attacking the Cruiser Prinz Eugen with RAF 86 Squadron off the coast of Norway.

John Acheson Esler DFC

Flying Officer | 64903

Flying Officer John Acheson Esler DFC of Ballymena, Co. Antrim died on 17th May 1942 on a mission off the Norwegian coast with Royal Air Force 86 Squadron.

Robert Ennis

Rifleman | 7019553

Rifleman Robert Ennis served with the Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second World War and saw action in 1914-1918. He died on 16th May 1946 aged 50 years old.

Joseph Morrison

Rifleman | 7009709

Rifleman Joseph Morrison was 37 years old at the time of his death on 14th May 1940. He served in Belgium with 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles in the BEF.

William Thomas Stewart

Corporal | 6975608

Corporal William Thomas Stewart of Strabane, Co. Tyrone died in Algeria, North Africa on 13th May 1943. He served in 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.

Robert Reid

Constable

Constable Robert Reid of the Royal Ulster Constabulary died on 5th May 1941 when the Luftwaffe attacked Belfast in what became The Fire Raid of the Blitz.