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Patrick McCarthy

Constable | Royal Ulster Constabulary

Patrick McCarthy of Co. Cork, Éire served in The Great War before joining the police in Belfast. His murder took place on 1st October 1943.

Samuel Cassidy

Private | 14207764

Private Samuel Cassidy of Belfast died as a result of a tragic accident during Operation Market Garden between 20th-21st September 1944.

Robert Percy

Flight Sergeant | 1077628

Flight Sergeant Robert Percy of Ballymena, Co. Antrim died over Arnhem on 21st September 1944 on a day of great loss for R.A.F. 190 Squadron.

John Mallon Hamilton

Private | 5109896

John Mallon Hamilton of Belfast landed with The Parachute Regiment near Oosterbeek where he sustained fatal wounds on 21st September 1944.

Desmond Mary Grant

Corporal | 539570

Corporal Desmond Mary Grant from Toomebridge, Co. Antrim served in the Royal Air Force during World War Two. He was taken prisoner of war in Crete in 1941.

Francis George Dolaghan

Private | 64880

Private Francis George Dolaghan of Belfast died serving in the Army Air Corps during Operation Market Garden on 20th September 1944.

William John McKibbin

Lance Sergeant | 2720351

Guardsman William John McKibbin served in the Irish Guards. He died of wounds in Belgium on 19th September 1944 in Operation Market Garden.

Sidney Ellis

Private | 6974976

Sidney Ellis was known as "Fighting Sid" and served in India, Palestine, and across Europe before his death on 18th September 1944.

William Gill Moore

Guardsman | 7020985

Guardsman William Gill Moore of Belfast served in the Irish Guards at his time of death in the Netherlands on 17th September 1944.