People

Edward Osborne Kaines

Lieutenant

Lieutenant Edward Osborne Kaines died on 29th June 1941 when the car he was in collided with another vehicle on the main Belfast to Bangor Road in Co. Down.

Donald Boyd

Private | 5337490

Private Donald Boyd served in Northern Ireland with the 6th Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment when he died on 28th June 1940 aged only 20 years old.

William McWilliams

Bombardier | 6979861

William McWilliams of Co. Fermanagh died on 27th June 1944 while serving in an Anti-Tank Regiment of the Royal Artillery during the Battle of Normandy.

Jocelyn Topping

Leading Aircraftwoman | 2165455

Leading Aircraftwoman Jocelyn Topping from Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 26th June 1947 while serving with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force after the war.

Thomas Fisher Churchill

Sergeant | 3247714

Thomas Fisher Churchill of the 9th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) died on 26th June 1944 during the Battle of Normandy. He is buried in Bayeux.

Maureen Mathes

Civilian

Maureen Mathes left Northern Ireland in 1944. The Derry girl became one of the first Irish GI brides to land in America arriving with husband Bob.

George Anthony McCracken

Rifleman | 7013828

Rifleman George Anthony McCracken of Ravensdale Street, Belfast died on 21st June 1944 after sustaining shrapnel wounds near Bayeux, Normandy, France.

James Adair McBride

Lance Sergeant | 7012157

Lance Sergeant James Adair McBride from Lomond Street, Belfast died on 19th June 1944 during the Battle of Normandy with 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles.

Norman Athol Cooper

Flight Sergeant | 421978

Flight Sergeant Norman Athol Cooper died on 19th June 1944. The Australian airman served in RAF 59 Squadron based at RAF Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry.