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Francis Martin McGirr

Able Seaman | D/J105878

Able Seaman Francis Martin McGirr from Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 11th January 1942 on board HM Hospital Ship Vasna while serving in the Royal Navy.

Alfred Frank Sherry

Flight Sergeant | 418982

Flight Sergeant Alfred Frank Sherry died on 9th January 1944 when Consolidated Catalina FP193 crashed half a mile away from Boa Island, Co. Fermanagh.

Gilbert Noel Duke

Sergeant | 1063676

Sergeant Gilbert Noel Duke died on 14th February 1942 while training with the Royal Air Force. Known as Bertie, his grave is in Knocknamuckley, Co. Armagh.

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.

George Henry Smith

Skipper

Skipper George Henry Smith was an experienced sailor, having first taken to the seas aged 15 years old. He died in Belfast, Co. Antrim on 4th January 1944.

Alfred Collins

Private | 5436506

Private Alfred Collins served with 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment when he died in Belfast, Co. Antrim on Home Defence duties on 4th January 1943.

Jack Agnew

Jack Agnew

Paratrooper

Private First Class Jack Agnew became part of one of World War Two's most infamous US Army units but the paratrooper was born in Belfast, Co. Antrim.

David Cromie

Gunner | 1458587

Gunner David Cromie died on 1st January 1946 aged 39 years old. His place of death was the Royal Victoria Hospital in his hometown of Belfast, Co. Antrim.

Ruth Hannah Dickson

Sister | 223772

Sister Ruth Hannah Dickson of Eglish, Co. Tyrone died on 24th December 1944. The Presbyterian Missionary served as a field nurse in China and Singapore.