People

Robert Alexander

Robert Alexander

Captain | 129996

Captain Robert Alexander of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers died on 19th July 1943. The Irish Rugby and cricket international was fighting in Sicily.

George Alexander Maginnis

Lieutenant | 203952

Lieutenant George Alexander Maginnis served in B Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles at the time of his death in Normandy, France on 18th July 1944.

Eliza Jane Mehaffey

Nursing Sister

Nursing Sister Eliza Jane Mehaffey of Strabane, Co. Tyrone died on 18th July 1943 while on a flight back to H.M.S. Coromorant II naval base in Gibraltar.

Christopher John Webster

Lance Corporal | T/87268

Lance Corporal Christopher John Webster of Gilford, Co. Down died on 17th July 1944 while serving with 531st Infantry Brigade Company, RASC in Normandy.

Brian Stanley Bannister

Flight Lieutenant | 43089

Flight Lieutenant Brian Stanley Bannister of Belfast died on 17th July 1942 when RAF 24 Squadron's Lockheed Hudson N7253 came down on a flight from Belfast.

Alfred Lemm

Private | 3386389

Private Alfred Lemm lived in Rostrevor, Co. Down with his wife before going to war. He died during fighting in the Normandy Campaign on 16th July 1944.

William Charles Morris

Sergeant | 7011150

Sergeant William Charles Morris died on 14th July 1944 after sustaining shrapnel wounds a few days earlier during fierce fighting in the Battle of Normandy.

George Alexander Workman

Private | 289594

Private George Alexander Workman died on 14th July 1944 while serving in Italy with the New Zealand Infantry. He was born in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry.

Frederick Dick Butland

Flying Officer | J/20423

Flying Officer Frederick Dick Butland of the Royal Canadian Air Force died when Vickers Wellington HF838 came down near RAF Limavady in Co. Londonderry.