William Erick Halliday

Sergeant William Erick Halliday lived on Cyprus Avenue in East Belfast when he went to war. He died in training with the Royal Air Force in December 1942.

Sergeant

William Erick Halliday

1126208

On 10th December 1942, a Vickers Wellington Bomber came down in Warwickshire, England on a training flight. On board was Belfast born William Erick Halliday.

Sergeant William Erick Halliday (1126208) served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He was the son of William Halliday and Evelyn Halliday of Knock, Belfast. His father William was a fruiterer in the city.

At the time of Halliday’s death, his listed address was 2 Cyprus Avenue, Belfast. Registration of death was at Charlecote, a town near R.A.F. Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, England.

Sergeant Halliday was an Observer on Vickers Wellington DF736 DD-L flying with No. 22 Operational Training Unit. The plane crashed in turbulent conditions near R.A.F. Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, England on 10th December 1942. William was 25 years old.

Remembering the crew of Wellington DF736

Last Name First Name(s) Rank Role Information
Smardon Donald Martin Flight Sergeant Pilot RCAF R/77069.
Nash Albert Edward Sergeant Navigator RCAF R/90775.
Baker Frederick John Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner RAFVR 1270911.
Suttill William Flight Sergeant Air Gunner RCAF R/102438.
Halliday William Erick Sergeant Observer RAFVR 1126208.

William Erick Halliday’s grave is in Section A2, Grave 308 of Dundonald Cemetery, Dundonald, Co. Down. His headstone bears the inscription:

Say not the struggle naught availeth, the labour and the wounds are vain.

References
  1. Aviation Archaeology
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  3. Belfast War Graves
  4. Commonwealth War Graves
  5. Military Images
  6. Tenth Scouts
  7. The Tenth
  8. War Graves Ulster
  9. WW2 Talk Forums

Dundonald Cemetery No. 22 OTU