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James Moore

Lance Corporal

Lance Corporal James Moore served with 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles during World War Two. He fought on D-Day in Normandy and on through Europe.

Doreen Meta Brown

Private | W/38803

Private Doreen Meta Brown of Downpatrick, Co. Down died on 6th June 1941 aged 18 years old while serving in the British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service.

Andrew Charles

Rifleman | 6986230

Rifleman Andrew Charles served in 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles during the Second World War. He received the Military Medal while serving in Normandy.

James McMurray-Taylor

Captain/Reverend

Captain Reverend James McMurray-Taylor served with 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles seeing action on D-Day as a padre on the Normandy beaches.

Hugh Beattie

Aircraftman 1st Class | 1795089

Aircraftman 1st Class Hugh Beattie of Belfast died on 5th June 1943 while serving in the United Kingdom with RAF 2738 Squadron in the Second World War.

Thomas Lindsay Armstrong

Sergeant | 745102

Sergeant Thomas Lindsay Armstrong died on 5th June 1940 when his Bristol Blenheim fighter plane overshot the runway at RAF Worcester in the United Kingdom.

Rifleman William James Moore

William James Moore

Rifleman

William James "Billy" Moore served with 2nd Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles, landing on Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 after enlisting at the age of 18.

George Furney

Flight Sergeant | 816134

Born in Wexford, Ireland, Flight Sergeant George Furney DFM lived in Finaghy, Co. Antrim. He died on 31st May 1941, shot down by a Vichy French plane.

James Scott

Rifleman | 7013196

Rifleman James Scott of Belfast died on 29th May 1940 as 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles fell from Boezinge to Woesten on their road to the French coast.