People

Sydney Ireland

Sergeant | 745103

Sergeant Sydney Ireland died on 12th July 1940 in a training accident in Spitfire P9502 before having flown an operational sortie in the Battle of Britain.

Edward Alexander Mitchell

Sergeant | 7007893

Sergeant Edward Alexander Mitchell served in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War. He died on 12th July 1945. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Andrew Francis Grattan

Major

Major Andrew Francis Grattan from Rathdowney, Co. Laois, Ireland served with the British Army and Royal Air Force before making a home in Bangor, Co. Down.

Stanley Hodgkinson

Gunner | 1629668

Gunner Stanley Hodgkinson of Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire died in Northern Ireland on 10th July 1942 while serving in 111th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

Henryk Komenda

Lieutenant | P/792224

Henryk Komenda served in the Polish Air Force and was based at Newtownards Airfield, Co. Down at the time of his death in Defiant N3402 on 9th July 1942.

James Wesley Trotter

Private | 7047440

Private James Wesley Trotter of Co. Armagh was an Airborne troop during the Normandy Campaign. He died on 7th July 1944 after sustaining wounds near Bayeux.

William Keenan

Lance Corporal | 7011506

Lance Corporal William Keenan lived in Co. Armagh. He died on 5th July 1944 with 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles in the hard-fought Battle of Normandy.

James Allen

Gunner | 1519883

Gunner James Allen of Belfast died on 5th July 1947 aged 46 years old after having served during the Second World War in the British Army's Royal Artillery.

John Charles Holland

Sapper | 1948387

Sapper John Charles Holland of Belfast served in England with the Royal Engineers at his time of death during the Second World War on 5th July 1941.