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aka   'The Twelve Mile Snipers'
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Living Roll of Honour
these are the names of the remaining 4 (original) men of the 8th Belfast HAA

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latest news - 

 Burma Campaign to be Remembered 

“On October 3rd, 2010 at 3.30 pm, Dean Houston McKelvey will be holding a service during which the Standard of the
Belfast Branch of the Burma Star Association will be laid up in St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

“We would like as many people as possible with family links to those who served to be present in the Cathedral.
Please contact us by sending an e-mail to admin@belfastcatheral.org or a SAE and we will be in touch”.

The close links between the Cathedral and the Burma Campaign are symbolised by the Association's Memorial in the
North Aisle and the memorial of the 8th (Belfast) Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

The address of Belfast Cathedral, is Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2HB.

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we went to the Burma Star Luncheon at the Lansdowne Court Hotel in Belfast on Saturday 26th September 2009
 movie clip and photos
if anyone was there and has some photos they would like to send me, please contact me at the above email address

photo of Tommy Dickson and his daughter Maureen, Tommy's wife unfortunately had a bad fall last year and wasn't able to attend

The Men Colonel Harry Porter   *   Jimmy McKittrick Colonel Wm. N. Brann Gnr. Jim Lennon's War Records - Photos Sergeant William Adrain - Diary and Biography D. J. Bailie - War Diary and Photographs Bdr. William (Buttons) Hunter Sgt. Thomas Herbert Coulter (Herbie) Jimmy Cunningham's Private Army Comes Home  Sidney Ernest Wright - Diary & Photographs Sgt. Joseph Harold Lynn (aka Harry-Joe) Irvine Brothers 23rd Battery Matchett Brothers 23rd Battery Obituaries  *  Memorials  *  Changi Prison Chapel NOMINAL ROLLS, etc. N-O-K- Dec'd Personnel 21/22/23 Hy.A.A. Posted/Repatriated from 23 HY A.A. List of Additional Soldiers List of names, no addresses 23rd Bty. Memorial Service Book (list of names) B Troop 22nd Bty. Memorial Brochure  names, addresses 23rd Bty. Memorial Brochure  names, addresses RHQ/REME Memorial Brochure, addresses Nominal Roll 21st Bty. all ranks Nominal Roll 22nd Bty. all ranks Nominal Roll 23rd Bty. all ranks 8th Belfast HAA Nominal Roll 21st Battery 8th Belfast HAA Nominal Roll 22nd Battery 8th Belfast HAA Nominal Roll 23rd Battery Alterations & Additions to Nom. Rolls 23rd RHQ / REME Nominal Rolls

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Newspaper Clippings Assorted Clippings 1 Assorted Clippings 2 WW1 War Diary Correspondence Photographs Sport & Small Groups 8th Belfast Band Individuals & Friends Large Group Pictures Assorted Photos 8th Belfast Band items Documents Old Comrades Section Misc. Northern Whig Tribute 8th Belfast HAA History by Colonel Murray Barnes, OBE , TD. A short History of The 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (Supplementary Reserve) by Harry Porter MEMORABILIA Poems Burma Star Luncheon 2009 YOUTUBE Videos Harry Porters film of the Twelve Mile Snipers (in 3 parts) on YouTube Burma Star Luncheon Video Page Harry Porters film of the Twelve Mile Snipers (in 3 parts) on this site other WW2 stories Cpl. William F. Davison Belfast Telegraph Tuesday June, 6, 1944 Invasion

 

The Eighth Belfast to the tune of "The Old Brigade" We are the boys of the Eighth Bel-fast Who fought with you side by side Gun-team to Gun-team, the dye was cast Fought til' we damn near died. Who so rea-dy to fight for right Who so loy-al and true? Sure we are the boys who show'd our might We are the boys you knew. Chorus So from Uls-ter and Great Britain too "Big Jim-my" was our man We tried to be a loy-al crew In the jungles of A-ra-kan. The stead-il-y win-ning right from wrong Ready from first to last Mar-ching a-long sing-ing our song We're the boys of the Eighth Bel-fast. Over the sea far away some lie Far from the land they love Their's not to question do or die Their re-ward is in Heav'n above Not in an ab-bey laid at last Find they a place or part These gal-lant boys of the Eighth Bel-fast Now sleep in their countries heart. Chorus So from Uls-ter and Great Britain too "Big Jim-my" was our man We tried to be a loy-al crew In the jungles of A-ra-kan. The stead-il-y win-ning right from wrong Ready from first to last Mar-ching a-long sing-ing our song We're the boys of the Eighth Bel-fast.