People

William Patton

Seaman

William Patton served with the Merchant Navy during the war. At the time of his death, he was listed as a New Zealander but his family came from Co. Down.

Alfred Rinn

Oberfeldwebel | B71040

Oberfeldwebel or Sergeant Alfred Rinn served in the German Wehrmacht during the war. He fought with the Landesschützenzug 23, an infantry defence regiment.

Bernard Edwin Samuels

Bernard Edwin Samuels

Flight Sergeant | R/117592

Flight Sergeant Bernard Edwin Samuels served in Northern Ireland with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a wireless operator and air gunner with 12 Squadron.

William Fisken

Officer

Merchant Navy man William Fisken was a Radio Officer on board the SS Lochgarry when it sank off the coast of Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.

James McDonald

Aircraftman 2nd Class | 1563285

Aircraftman James McDonald served in the Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve).While based in Northern Ireland, he was lost at sea on 21st January 1942.

Gerald Eagleson Scott

Flight Sergeant | 1023462

Flight Sergeant Gerald Eagleson Scott of Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 24th March 1944 on one of the later bombing raids to Berlin with RAF 514 Squadron.

James Stirling Moore

James Stirling Moore

Pilot Officer | 156433

Pilot Officer James Stirling Moore was born in Belfast and served with R.A.F. 78 Squadron when shot down over Berlin on 24th August 1943.

David Whiteside McConnell DFC

Pilot Officer | 158915

Pilot Officer David Whiteside McConnell was born in 1920 in Newry, Co. Down. He joined RAF 101 Squadron in 1943 and was awarded the DFC the following year.

Portrait of Robert McKeag

Robert McKeag

Sergeant | 1522883

Sergeant Robert McKeag of Belfast flew with R.A.F. 50 Squadron. He died on 4th September 1943 while on a bombing raid over the German capital.