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Name
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Agnew, John (Jack) Agnew
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Rank
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Paratrooper
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Regiment
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506th 101st Airborne - US Army, Special Forces
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Birth details
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Born January 1922 in Belfast
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Dates/Info
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'Jack' was one of the 'Dirty Dozen' ~ his
grand-niece asked me to mention that Jack was less than impressed
with being portrayed as a criminal in the movie 'The Dirty Dozen'
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Where served/buried
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Source
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grand niece - Dawn Marshall ~
email dmarshall@independentsoul.com
further
information extra
photos
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Name
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Bartley, Alexander
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Rank
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Gunner
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Regiment
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8th Belfast H.A.A. R.A. (S.R.) ~ Army No.
1476674
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Birth details
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Born Northern Ireland 1910
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Dates/Info
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Where served/buried
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Served - UK, France, India, Burma
Died 1985
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Source
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son - Eric Bartley - email
ericbartley@btinternet.com extra
photos some
more info on 8th Belfast HAA
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Name
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Brown, John (Darkie)
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Rank
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Gunner
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Regiment
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8th Belfast H.A.A. Regt. 22nd Battery
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Birth details
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Born in Belfast, Shankill Road - September
1914
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Dates/Info
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Was in the TA when war was declared, was
called up right away.
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Where served/buried
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In France by December 1939, right up to
Dunkirk, received eye injury and unable to go to Burma with the rest
of the regiment. Died 1983 buried in Roselawn
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Source
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son - John Brown ~
brownjgjk@hotmail.com
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no picture
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Name
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Cassells, Francis (Frank)
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Rank
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Able Seaman - Service No. D/JX 420407
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Regiment
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Royal Navy - Unit Text: H.M.M.T.B. 710
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Birth details
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Born 1926 - Son of William and Jane
Cassells, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, N. Ireland
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Dates/Info.
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Frank was on Coastal Defence Duties and was the only casualty when his Motor Torpedo Boat was
sunk
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Where served, buried
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Died 10th April 1945 - Mem. Ref.: Panel 93,
Column 3. Plymouth
Naval Memorial CWGC.
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Source
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c/o David Cassells (email meems42@hotmail.com)
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Name
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Crawford, Robert (Rabbie)
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Rank
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Gunner No. 1473864
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Regiment
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8th (Belfast) HAA RA (SR) - 21st Battery
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Birth details
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Born - Shankill Road, Belfast 1914 (ish)
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Dates/Info
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Served in France at Dunkirk - KIA 13th
October 1940 aged 26. Son of Jane Skillen
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Where buried
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Belfast City Cemetery - CWGC
- St.
Anne's Cathedral ROH
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Source
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Great Niece - Jane Skilling ~ email - jane@heartsandhalosonline.com
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no picture
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Name
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Crawford, Samuel Sloan
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Rank
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Ordinary Seaman - Serial No. p/udx1273
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Regiment
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H.M.S. Victory
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Birth details
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Born 1913 - Husband of Isabella, father of
Margaret, Concrete Row, Whiteabbey - Uncle of Margaret Downey (nee)
Crawford
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Dates/Info.
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Killed in action 2nd February 1940 aged 27
at Portsmouth Royal Naval Hospital
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Where buried
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Buried in Carnmoney
Cemetery - CWGC
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Source
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Elizabeth Simpson - esimpson1962@hotmail.com
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Name
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Gibson, Henry (Harry)
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Rank
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L/Cpl.
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Regiment
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RCOC RCEME
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Birth details
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Born Belfast 1910, emigrated to Canada
1927
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Dates/Info
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Enlisted Canadian Army 1940 - RCOC as
driver/mechanic - Discharged Aug. 1945 as L/Cpl.
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Where served/buried
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Served France and Germany - Joined Militia
in Canada 1929
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Source
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Daughter - Muriel Caldwell - email -
ianandmurielcaldwell@ontera.net
group
photo here
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Name
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Irwin, Arthur Barham
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Rank
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Regiment
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Birth details
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Born County Louth
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Dates/Info
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Where served/buried
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KIA 1941
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Source
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Bob Cook ~ email - bob582@yahoo.com
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Name
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Emerson, James Hodges
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Rank
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Fireman & Trimmer
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Regiment
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Merchant Navy
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Birth details
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Belfast 1919
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Dates/Info
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SS Kenbane Head (Belfast)
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Where served/buried
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Died 5th November 1940
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Source
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Cousin - Mary, Australia. ~ further contact
through meems42@hotmail.com
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extra
photos
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Name
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Harvey, John Hay
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Rank
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Corporal
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Regiment
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8th Belfast H.A.A. (21st Battery)
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Birth details
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Dates/Info.
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Where buried
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Source
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Grand Son - Alistair Hamilton ~ email
-
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Name
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Henderson, Norman Victor
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Rank
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Sergeant - 1940
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Regiment
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2nd Royal Ulster Rifles
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Birth details
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Belfast 1902
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Dates/Info
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Military Medal: 1940 Dunkirk, France
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Where served/buried
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Survived war, death date and place unknown
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Source
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Niece - Mary, Australia ~ further contact
through meems42@hotmail.com
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no picture
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Name
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Herron, David - (son
of Joseph Herron)
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Rank
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Leading Seaman - Service No. JX 183513
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Regiment
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Royal Navy
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Birth details
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Born 22nd April, 1910 at 36 Foxglove
Street, Belfast
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Dates/Info
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Enlisted 28th February, 1940
Left the Royal Navy on 19th November, 1945 and joined the Merchant
Navy
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Where served/buried
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Died 24th January, 1985 aged 74 - Buried
Distington Crematorium, Workington, Cumbria
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Source
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Daughter - Eileen ~ email - eileen_neill@btinternet.com
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Name
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Knox, James
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Rank
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Gunner - Reg. No. 147640
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Regiment
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23/8 AA Regiment Royal Artillery (8th
Belfast HAA)
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Birth details
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Born 3rd September 1909 - Parents John
& Harriet Knox - James lived Earl Street and later Upper Mervue
Street
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Dates/Info.
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James was wounded 5th June 1940 at Somme France.
He was finally evacuated from Le Havre and was inpatient at Bangor hospital Roxburgh Scotland. James' regiment according to my grandfather
were left fighting a rear guard action to stall the Germans from advancing to Dunkirk. They became known as the lost 1000
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Where served/buried
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Died October 1985 and is buried in Victoria
Cemetery, Carrickfergus
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Source
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Grand Daughter - Angela Knox ~ email - a.knox7@ntlworld.com
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Name
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Lamont, Allan
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Rank
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Able Seaman - Torpedo man Service No. D/SSx
17853
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Regiment
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Royal Navy Unit H.M.S. Jaguar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Jaguar_%28F34%29
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Birth details
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Born 18th July 1915 Carnaboy Cottage,
Carnaboy, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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Dates/Info
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{son
of Allan Mill McCullagh/nephew of Arthur McCullagh WW1]
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Where served/buried
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Died - 26th March 1942 at sea Aged 26
Bushmills
Memorial
Burial: Portsmouth
Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, England. Name listed Panel 65,
Column 3
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Source
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Anne McNamara magpi@bigpond.net.au
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no picture
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Name
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Landa, Henry
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Rank
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Able Seaman
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Regiment
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Royal Navy - H.M.S. Glorious
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Birth details
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Dates/Info
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Son of Jacob and Ena Landa, Belfast
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Where served/buried
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Died - 8th June 1940 - CWGC
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Source
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Mary Lennon ~ meems42@hotmail.com
- website - http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk
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Name
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Lennon, James
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Rank
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Gunner
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Regiment
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8th Belfast H.A.A. Regt.
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Birth details
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Born Belfast 1919
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Dates/Info
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8th
Belfast H.A.A. Regt
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Where served/buried
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France - Burma
Still going strong :o) recent
photographs
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Source
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daughter - Mary Lennon ~ meems42@hotmail.com
~ website - http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk
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another
photo
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Name
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Macartney, Thomas
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Rank
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Flight Lieutenant - No. 1494950
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Service
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Royal Air Force Bomber Command
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Birth details
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Carrickfergus 1913
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Dates/Info.
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Tom came from a farming family, joined the RAF in January 1943. After qualifying as a Wireless Operator/Air
Gunner, he joined No.10 Squadron flying Halifax III heavy bombers out of Melbourne, Yorks. He and his crew completed 39
missions over some of the most heavily-defended targets on enemy lines of communication and in the Reich.
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Where served/buried
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Demobilized: Flight Lieutenant, in May 1948, and went back to his family and farm
Died: 2004 at the age of 90 - Listed: Ireland’s Aviator Heroes of World War II
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Source
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David Crowe - grandson ~email - crowe_david20@yahoo.com
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Name
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Mann, Ephraim Wilson
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Rank
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Regiment
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R.A.F.
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Birth details
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Born 12th May 1923
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Dates/Info.
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Served in Royal Air Force in WW2, including
a posting in Egypt. He was ground crew and survived the war, living
to a ripe old age.
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Where served/buried
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Brother-in-Law to Thomas Macartney above
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Source
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David Crowe ~ email - crowe_david20@yahoo.com
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no picture
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Name
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McCarroll, William
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Rank
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Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment
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Royal Air Force Reserve (No. 103019)
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Birth details
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Belfast 1918
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Dates/Info
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Wife: Gwendoline Mary (Sheridan); one son William born after his father's death
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Where served/buried
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No known grave. Runnymede Memorial, Panel 120
KIA - 21st November 1943, Italian coast?
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Source
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Pat Gore ~
patgore@hotmail.com
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no picture
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Name
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McCleery, Albert
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Rank
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Gunner - Service No. 996224.148
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Regiment
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Bedfordshire Yeo. Field Regt.
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Birth details
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Born - Belfast 1913
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Dates/Info.
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Served France, Burma - POW
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Where buried
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Died - 1943
Buried - Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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Source
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Second Cousin - Elizabeth Dickson ~ email -
grannydickson@yahoo.co.uk
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Name
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McFadden, Michael
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Rank
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Regiment
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RAF ~ Joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1916
but was underage and was discharged.
Called into RAF Reserve 22nd July 1937 for 2 years, war broke out
and he was in for the duration.
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Birth details
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Born 19th July 1900 in Belfast, Northern
Ireland
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Dates/Info
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Michael was Ground Crew and didn't get to
serve abroad.
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Where served/buried
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was stationed at Boscombe Downs
Died 1st November 1976 at Camberwell, London
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Source
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Grandson
- Brian McFadden ~ email -
Bemac14@aol.com extra
photographs
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Name
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McGrath, David Irvine
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Rank
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Fusilier
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Regiment
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1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
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Birth details
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Dates/Info
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Service No. 6976349
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Served/buried
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Wounded & taken POW in North Africa - Stalag IV c Italy POW number 251066
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Source
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Bob Cook ~ email - bob582@yahoo.com
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Name
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McGrath, Thomas Albert
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Rank
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Corporal
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Regiment
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21st Army Field Workshops A.I.F.
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Birth details
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Born 1905 ~ 56 Tobergill Street, Belfast
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Dates/Info
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Service No. VX9882
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Where served/buried
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Died Melbourne, Australia
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Source
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Bob Cook ~ email - bob582@yahoo.com
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no picture
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Name
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McIlroy, Sidney Alexander
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Rank
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Engineer Officer
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Regiment
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Merchant Navy - MV Empire Comet (Greenock)
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Birth details
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Born 1916
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Dates/Info
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Sidney lived in Belfast at Clifton Drive
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Where served/buried
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Died - 17th February 1942 - aged 26 when
his ship "MV Empire Comet" in convoy No.HX 174 en route
from Halifax to Manchester/Liverpool was torpedoed by U-boat
136. CWGC
Tower
Hill Memorial
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Source
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Sidney McDowell ~ email -
sid@mcdowell73.fsnet.co.uk
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no picture
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Name
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McLennan, John (Jack)
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Rank
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Officer's Steward
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Regiment
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H.M. Trawler Northern Rover - Naval Auxiliary
Personal
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Birth details
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Born 1890
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Dates/Info
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Where served/buried
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Northern Rover was torpedoed by U-Boat 59 with
all hands lost
Died November 1939
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Source
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Great Great Niece - Karen O'Rawe ~ email
-
karen.orawe@virgin.net
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no picture
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Name
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Monaghan, Robert
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Rank
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Lance Corporal - No. 7014323
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Regiment
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2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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Birth details
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Born 1920
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Dates/Info
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Where served/buried
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KIA - 21st April 1945 aged
25 Buried - Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC
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Source
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Nephew - Jim Monaghan ~ email - sales@jimmonaghan.com
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Name
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Murphy, Tommy
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Rank
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Regiment
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Birth details
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date unknown Belfast
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Dates/Info
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9 Cinnamond Street
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Where served/buried
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Source
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Niece - Maggie ~ email - celticmoon522000@yahoo.com
extra
photos
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Name
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Phillips, David Maxwell
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Rank
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Platoon Sgt. Major (WO 111)
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Regiment
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Royal Irish Fusiliers
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Birth details
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Born - East Belfast 1908
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Dates/Info.
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Joined army January 1928
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Where served/buried
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Served - Dunkirk
Died - KIA June 1940 - Buried - Dundonald Cemetery
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Source
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Grand-son - Philip Croft ~ email - Duncrue.croft@ntlworld.com
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Name
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Russell, Joseph
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Rank
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Private - No. 4395753
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Regiment
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The Green Howards
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Birth details
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Born - Belfast 24th December 1913
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Dates/Info.
|
Served in India, Middle East, North Africa,
Sicily and Italy
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Where Served/buried
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Died - 18th October 1982 - Buried -
Bedford, England
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Source
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Son - Joseph Russell ~ email -
joer47@hotmail.co.uk
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Name
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Watt, William Robert
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Rank
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Sergeant
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Regiment
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Inniskilling Fusiliers - 2nd Battalion
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Birth details
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Born 28th March 1914 in 2 Empress Street
East, Belfast
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Dates/Info.
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Joined 1938 to 1945 seeing action in Burma
- joined the Corp of Commissioners in later years
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Where Served/buried
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Died 22nd November 2002 age 88
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Source
|
Daughter - Elizabeth McKissick ~ email - elizabeth.mckissick@tesco.net
~ full
size photo
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