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Thomas Loney

Fusilier | 1522941

Fusilier Thomas Loney died on 9th August 1942 while serving with 30th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on Home Defence duties near Larne, Co. Antrim.

Elizabeth Scott

Corporal | W/49605

Corporal Elizabeth Scott of the Auxiliary Territorial Service died on 8th August 1944. Her grave is in Carnmoney Cemetery, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim.

Samuel Edgar Thompson

Corporal | 3382573

Corporal Samuel Edgar Thompson of Belfast died on 7th August 1943 after falling ill while a being held Prisoner of War. His grave is in present-day Myanmar.

Bert Bates

Private | 4923643

Private Bert Bates of Oldpark, Belfast served in Normandy with 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment at the time of his death on 7th August 1944.

James Walker Montgomery

Corporal | 541538

RAF Corporal James Walker Montgomery died on 6th August 1942 at a military hospital in Northern Ireland. He lived in Angus, Scotland before the war.

Ernest Butlin

Private | 5885782

Private Ernest Butlin died on 6th August 1941 while serving in Northern Ireland with 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment during the Second World War.

Harold George Farr

Able Seaman | P/JX 237292

Able Seaman Harold George Farr died on 4th August 1941 when he fell from a motorboat in Belfast Lough having spent the Bank Holiday in Bangor, Co. Down.

Matthew Bronski

Fireman

Fireman Matthew Bronski served on HMS Asturias when he died on 3rd August 1943. The ship came under attack from an Italian submarine off the African coast.

Owen Herron

Fireman

Fireman Owen Herron served on HMS Asturias when he died on 3rd August 1943. The ship came under attack from an Italian submarine off the West African coast.