Maurice Solomon was a leading member of the Belfast Jewish Community in the 1940s. He was one of three men to help lease a farm as a safe-haven for Jews.
John Palmer
Civilian
John Palmer was the headmaster of Millisle Primary School, Millisle, Co. Down. He oversaw the teaching of several Kindertransport children during the 1940s.
Leo Scop
Civilian | Belfast Jewish Community
Leo Scop was a leading member of the Belfast Jewish Community in the 1940s. He was one of three men to lease a farm in Millisler to help Jewish children.
Barney Hurwitz
Civilian | Belfast Jewish Community
President of the Belfast Hebrew Congregation Barney Hurwitz was instrumental in saving many lives during World War Two by establishing a refugee settlement.
Edith Kohner
Jewish Refugee
Edith Kohner, her husband Franz, and two young children came to Northern Ireland as Jewish refugees escaping Hitler's Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia.
Eugen Patriasz
Jewish Refugee
Eugen Patriasz was a Jewish refugee from Hungary. With a degree in Agriculture from the University of Vienna, he undertook management of the Millisle farm.
Ian Robert McCready
Stoker | LT/KX 115483
Stoker Ian Robert McCready was on HM Trawler Lady Shirley when the Royal Naval Patrol Service Vessel went down in the Mediterranean on 11th December 1941.
Norman Mitchell
Seaman | LT/JX 241380
Seaman Norman Mitchell was on HM Trawler Lady Shirley when the Royal Naval Patrol Service Vessel went down in the Mediterranean on 11th December 1941.
Terence Malcolm Bulloch
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader Terence Malcolm Bulloch of Lisburn, Co. Antrim became one of the most successful U-Boat destroyers in the Royal Air Force's Coastal Command.