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Sgt Robert Jackson DCM, MM, was demobilised on this date in 1919
Sgt Robert Jackson DCM MM 12th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (Central Antrim Volunteers).
Robert was born at Dunadry, Co. Antrim in 1896 and enlisted in the 12th Rifles at their formation in September 1914.
At the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 the battalion suffered over 400 casualties including 139 killed in action.
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Robert was a Lance Corporal at the time and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the battle, being promoted to the rank of Sergeant shortly afterwards.
His award was published in the London Gazette of 9 December 1916. Robert continued to serve with the battalion and was taken prisoner during the German Spring Offensive of March 1918. He was taken to Prisoner of War Camps at Munster and Cassel and was finally repatriated on 14 December 1918.
As he had enlisted for the duration of the war, Robert was demobilised from the Army on 29 March 1919. On demobilisation, Robert initially relocated to Glengormley, but later emigrated to Canada.
In January 1920 in the New Year’s Honours List, Robert was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry throughout the war, the award being published in the London Gazette of 30 January 1920.
Remembered with Honour.
Belfast Weekly Telegraph 29/03/1941
Sandy Row bar man awarded DSM for Dunkirk RN. Telegraphist John Graham, DSM
RN. Telegraphist. DSM for gallantry during evacuation at Dunkirk. 23 years of age. 5 years service. Prior to that he was a bar man in Scarlett’s of Sandy Row, Two brothers serving, one in the Irish Guards, and one in the Royal Artillery. His father was a Boer War veteran who died of
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wounds in WW1. Son of Mrs Graham, Charles St.,South (Sandy Row), Belfast.
On this Day - March 29 1915
29th March 1915 Northern Whig (30th)
Soldiers' Narrow Escape from Drowning Comrade's timely Rescue
Six men from Ballykinlar Camp had a narrow escape on Saturday evening as they were returning to camp from Dundrum to the camp by ferryboat, which was accidentaly overturned a short distance from the Dundrum leading- stage, with the result that the men were precipitated onto the water. Fortunately the accident was seen by other soldiers and fishermen on the wharf, and Lance-Corporal Armstrong, No. 3 Company 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, immediately plunged into the water to render assistance to the struggling men, one of whom was exhausted and unconscious from the effects of the icy-cold water. He was brought ashore by Armstrong, and efforts were at once made to restore consciousness, the police rendering valuable assistance. After the prolonged treatment the men recovered sufficiently to proceed to the camp. Meanwhile
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the other men, who had floated by means of oars, were got ashore some the worse for immersion.
Sister Alicia Kelly, from Mayo, enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service. She served in Egypt and France. She was awarded a Military Medal for bravery under fire-during an air raid on the hospital. She wouldn't leave her patients' side
1918
General Foch is appointed to co-ordinate the actions of the Allied Armies.
1936
Italy firebombs the Ethiopian city of Harar.
1940
In German-occupied territories, only Jewish doctors are now allowed to treat Jews.
1941
A ‘Commissariat’ for Jewish Affairs is set up in Vichy France.
The Italians spot a British convoy escorted by 4 Cruisers and 4 Destroyers and close in. The British ships lure the Italians towards the main body of the Mediterranean Fleet which includes 3 battleships and the Aircraft Carrier HMS Formidable. HMS Formidable launches aircraft which attack and hit the Italian Battleship Vittorio Veneto with a torpedo, although it manages to limp back to Taranto. Later, they also hit the Cruiser Pola which is seriously damaged. The Italians
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decide to withdraw and detach 2 cruisers and 4 Destroyers to assist the damaged Cruiser Pola. However, the British intercept them and sink the Cruiser Pola and its 2 escort
Cruisers Zara and Fiume as well as 2 of the escorting Destroyers. British losses total just 2 aircraft.
After 2 months and 14 separate meetings, the US and British staff conference ends with a basic framework for US- British co-operation should the USA be drawn in to the war. Most importantly an agreement was made that Germany should be defeated first.
1942
Between 14 June 1940 and 29 March 1942 the number of registered male prisoners who perished at the German Auschwitz camp was 11,025 (out of 27,415 numbers given). This means that the mortality rate in this period at Auschwitz was around 40 per cent.
Escorts of the Arctic convoy PQ13, beat off a German destroyer attack, sinking Z26.
Another sixteen Spitfires are delivered to Malta by Force H.
The Australian War Cabinet implements a ‘Total Denial’ policy in northern Australia should the Japanese invade. This would involve the conduct of a fighting withdrawal, with the evacuation or destruction of anything left behind. Already underway was a vast migration of sheep and cattle southwards, with those taking part are nicknamed ‘Overlanders’.
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1943
British and Indian troops begin to withdraw from Arakan in western Burma, under heavy Japanese pressure.
Meat rationing begins in the USA and is set at 28oz per week.
1944
One of the most famed events of the Second World War occurred – the Great Escape.
50 of the 76 Commonwealth servicemen who escaped would be executed – all being commemorated by the @CWGC. Learn more here: ow.ly/hf0830oan34
On this day Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, the mastermind of the Great Escape, was murdered by the Gestapo. The 33-year-old, known as Big X, had become a
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prisoner of war in May 1940 after being shot down on his first sortie over Calais during the Dunkirk evacuation – making several escape attempts over the course of the next four years.
Bushell would be one of 18 Commonwealth servicemen murdered on 29 March 1944 after being captured following their breakout from Stalug Luft III five days earlier.
He is commemorated at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery.
The U.S. Navy bombards the Palau Islands to the East of the Philippines, destroying 150 planes, six naval vessels and 100,000 tons of shipping.
1945
On the 17th, the Irish Brigade had been in the trench lines so held their parades on 29th March 1945
"It was a lovely day. We began with Church services, the Roman Catholics in Forli Cathedral & the rest in the Asperia Cinema. Generals Keightley & Arbuthnott both attended...
"During the afternoon, each battalion had its own diversions. The London Irish held an Officers v Sergeants football match, which to any casual spectator must have appeared like a minor war – perhaps it was merely anticipating Dublin on VE Day....
"The Skins had a similar orgy a bit later on & the Faughs held an extremely well organised race meeting.
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“Regardless of thick heads & other discomforts, training started again with the same object as before on the next day & went on at high pressure until the big battle started." In Germany, US Seventh Army takes Mannheim and Heidelberg. In retreat from Heidelberg, Germans destroy historic Alte Brücke over Neckar River.
Troops of the 1st Belorussian Front finally capture the fortress town of Kastrin against desperate German resistance. The Russians seize the oilfields South of Komorn in Hungary, the last source of petroleum for the German war effort.
Pozières British Cemetery Pozières British Cemetery - is enclosed within the boundary wall incorporating the Pozières Memorial to the Missing of 1918.
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Burials made during 1916, 1917 and 1918 are contained in Plot II and these were made at that time by the fighting units or field ambulances in position near Pozières.
All other graves were brought to this cemetery after the Armistice in November 1918. Most of the graves were brought here from battlefield burials in the vicinity of this cemetery. Most of these casualties were British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the surrounding fields during the autumn battles of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Some were casualties discovered in isolated burial plots and small cemeteries from the fighting in August 1918.
There are now 2,758 Commonwealth servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,380 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. There is also one German soldier buried here.
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Roll of Honour - March 29 Representing their comrades who died on this day
1915
+DUDDY, Private Michael
Royal Irish Regiment, 2nd Btn. Private. 2413. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 52. Husband to Sarah A. Duddy, of 5, Nelson St., Londonderry. Londonderry City Cemetery
+McNAIR, Richard Isaac McNair
11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers). Rifleman. 18167. Died of cerebral spinal fever at the Purdysburn Fever Hospital, Belfast, 29/03/1918.. Age 37. Son of John and Ellen McNair nee Dickson ; Husband to Mary McNair nee Parker, Millbrook, Lisburn. Hillhall Presbyterian Churchyard, Lisburn.
+O’NEILL, Francis Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Btn. Private. 3035. Died 29/03/1915 in trenches at Festubert. Age 31. He enlisted in Omagh. Eldest son of Joseph and Lizzie O’Neill nee Hunter. Born Magherafelt area 20/06/1884. Husband to Annie Devlin, Ballygruby; Moneymore. Married 26/11/1908. Brother of Corporal Joseph O’Neill, Connaught Rangers, died 06/12/1915 and Private Peter O’Neill, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died 30/05/1915. Brown’s Road Military Cemetery,
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Festubert, Pas de Calais, France. Coagh WM, Coagh Soldiers and Sailors WM 2013, Moneymore WM
1916
+WILLIAMSON, Samuel
Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn. Rifleman. 2789. Died 29/03/1916. Aged 16. Son of Samuel and Mary Williamson, of 62, Dee St., Belfast. Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
1917
+HOUSTON, DavidNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. 2nd Canterbury Btn. Private. 28883. Died 29/03/1917 near Messines. He embarked with the 18th Reinforcements aboard Tofua on the 11/10/1916 and he gave as his next of kin his brother, William Houston, Rotoorangi, Cambridge, NZ. He was a farmer, the son of farmer Thomas Houston, Carmacmoin, Ahoghill and Sarah Jane nee Nelson, Tully. The couple had married in 1st Ballymena Presbyterian Church on the 29/03/1886. David had worked and lived at Hinds and is commemorated in Cambridge, NZ. Berkshire Cemetery Extension, Ploegsteert, Belgium. 2nd Ahoghill Presbyterian Church RH
1918
+ARMSTRONG, Francis SRoyal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 9th Btn. Private.16829. Died 29/03/1918. Age 21. Son of Robert S. Armstrong, of U.S.A.
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and of Margaret Hunter (formerly Armstrong), of Ballinamallard, Co. Fermanagh. Pozieres Memorial, France
Sergeant John Brangam M.M.9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers K.I.A. 29 March 1918 No known grave
Ballymoney born Sergeant John Brangam was decorated with the Military Medal for his bravery on 20 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai. His battalion had reached the front line trenches with little opposition, but were then halted by intense fire from German machine guns. Sergeant Brangam crept around the right flank of the German line and managed to get close enough to bomb a machine gun post, killing two German soldiers and taking two prisoners. This action allowed his company to advance and take the German line. On the third day of the battle the Germans launched a strong counter-attack. As all the other officers in the 9th Battalion were casualties, Sergeant Brangam assumed the command and forced back the German offensive. Sergeant John Brangam was killed in action on 29 March 1918. He has no known grave, but is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial.
+CLARKE, Alfred James
Royal Irish Rifles, 11/13th Btn. Rifleman.17436. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 27. Born in Lisburn where he lived on the Belsize Road. He enlisted in Lisburn and embarked with 11 RIR for France from Bordon Camp in October 1915. Wounded in August 1917, he was treated in hospital in Oxford. Subsequently transferred to 11/13 RIR and attached
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to 22 Entrenching Battalion. Son of James and Marianne Clarke of Belsize Road, Lisburn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, panels 74-76
+CUTHBERT, Robert Scots Guards, 2nd Btn. Lance Corporal. 14479. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 33 years. He is associated with 'Cloneytrace Broughshane', the words engraved on his headstone. St. Hilaire Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
+DOUTHART, John
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 9th Btn. Private. 27685. Died 29/03/1918. Age 24. Born Coleraine. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Douthart, Fairhill Street, Ballycastle. Noyon New British Cemetery
+ENNIS, John
London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles).Private. 531830. Died 29/03/1918 in Palestine. Fifth son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ennis, Carrawbane (Carrabane), Downpatrick. Jerusalem War Cemetery
+FORBES, JohnRoyal Irish Fusiliers, 9th Btn. Private. 41453. (formerly 1924 North Irish Horse). Died 29/03/1918 on the second day of the battle of St Quentin “while attempting to rescue a wounded comrade from German hands” (Belfast News Letter). Born at Dungall, Clough, on 04/05/1895 Son of farmer George Forbes and his wife Elizabeth nee Knox. The couple had married in Clough Presbyterian Church on 20/01/1892. George (35) said he came from Dunminning,
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Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Craigs, Cullybackey and 22 year old Elizabeth said she hailed from Kilgad, Connor.The family were living in Ballymena's Galgorm Street in 1901 and George was a publican. They had six children. The family moved to Moneydollog, Ballyconnelly, Ahoghill, in 1911. John was a clerk in a textile firm. He was an Associate of Institute of Commerce.He enlisted in the North Irish Horse at Antrim on 19/11/1915 and sent to France on 27/07/1916 as a reinforcement to the 1st North Irish Horse Regiment, but he was later transferred to the 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers and was renumbered as 41453. His brother George also served in the North Irish Horse, later in the Corps of Hussars. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. 1st Ahoghill Presbyterian Church RH
+GRAHAM, R
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 9th Btn. Private. 23648. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 25. Only son of William and Mary Graham, Glendavagh, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone. Robert and his father were both labourers. Robert Graham enlisted in Enniskillen. He was living in Crilly at the time. Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France. Ballygawley War Dead Book
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+HUGHES, James
Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Btn. 4517 Company Quartermaster Sergeant. MM. 4517. Died 29/03/1918.
James Hughes MM, a fruit dealer and widower from John Street, Portadown, was a pre-war member of the Armagh Regiment, Ulster Volunteer Force. He was also a Special Reservist and on the outbreak of war he had been mobilised and posted to the 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers, with which he went to France on 22 August 1914. He was wounded in the face in October 1916 and earned a Military Medal in the fighting at the Chemical Works at Roeux in April and May 1917.
Posted to the 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers after he had recovered, he was appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant in ‘A’ Company.
At Ollezy, on the southern bank of the River Somme, on 23 March the Battalion fought a gallant rearguard action during which Company Quartermaster Sergeant Hughes ‘went forward with a Lewis gun and knocked out an enemy machine-gun which was firing on our right flank. When the team was disabled, although wounded himself, he kept the gun in action until reinforcements came up.’ So recorded the citation of his Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Hughes, having been wounded in this action, was later declared missing in the period 21-28 March and finally declared killed in action on 29 March. He died, in fact, on 23 March, the day of his gallant stand and was buried by the advancing Germans, who recorded the date of his death.
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He was one of 85 British soldiers buried in March and April in a section of the German military cemetery south of Roye. His remains were reinterred in Roye New British Cemetery.
Buried two graves along is 41126 Private James Frazer Johnston, born in Clogher, County Tyrone and from Blacklion, County Cavan, who served with 2nd North Irish Horse before joining ‘A’ Company when the units amalgamated in September 1917; he died of wounds on 25 March; he too was reinterred in 1920.
Also buried here are two officers of the Battalion: Major John George Brew, who died of wounds in captivity on 6 April 1918, and Second Lieutenant William Henry Roche, who was killed in action on 27 March 1918 at Erches.
There are also two soldiers of 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers buried here: 8746 Private Joseph Adamson, captured on 21/03/1918 and died in captivity in a military hospital at Ham on 06/06/1918 from an abdominal gunshot wound; and 41810 Private Alexander Patrick, killed in action on 24/03/1918. A third soldier of 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers, 18114 Private Walter Behan, who was wounded in the head, was captured and died of wounds in a German military hospital in Goyencourt on 02/04/1918 is commemorated on a special memorial there; he was buried in Goyencourt Chateau German Cemetery but his grave was lost.
+LYONS, Thomas
Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn. Private. 41325. Formerly 1846, North Irish Horse. Died 29/03/1918. Age 22. Son of Thomas
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and Eliza Jane Lyons nee Smith, Donegall Avenue, Belfast. Pozières Memorial, France. (13/05/1918, Northern Whig)
+McCABE, William John
RMLI. Private. PLY/15918. HMS Foresight. Died 29/03/1919. Age 25. Enrolled Belfast 15/11/1912. Served in HMS Foresight 20/07/1914 - 29/03/1919. Son of the late James and Lena McCabe, Belfast. Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery. ADM 159/158/15918
+McCORD, WILLIAM
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 9th Btn. Private. 30745. Died 29/03/1918, during the German Spring Offensive. Aged 19. Son of William and Lucinda McCord, of Cairmean, Moneymore, Co. Londonderry. His father was a farmer. William was the oldest of at least thirteen children. Grand-Seracourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Moneymore WM, Desertlynn Parish Church RH
+McMULLAN, John Campbell
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn.Private (Signaller). 27523. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. Sarah Jane McMullan, of Ballywatt, Dervock, Co. Antrim. Pozieres Memorial, Panel 38 - 40. Somme, France
+McNEILL, EDWARD JAMES
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. Serjeant.11741. Died 29/03/1918. Youngest son of Dugald and Catherine Jane McNeill (nee Ramsay). He was born in Dungannon about 1900. His father was a pastry baker who hailed from Glasgow. The family lived in Perry Street, Dungannon.
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Edward James McNeill enlisted in Dungannon. Brother of Hugh McNeill, of 83, Torrens Avenue, Todmorden, Toronto, Canada. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Dungannon WM, St Anne’s Church C of I RH
+MITCHELL, JAMES
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. Private.11083. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 28. Born 07/10/1890 in Tamlaght, County Tyrone. Son of John and Nancy Mitchell, Great Georges Street, Coagh, Co. Tyrone. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Coagh WM
+MORRISON, Joseph Dickey
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. Lance Corporal. 28599. Died 29/03/1918. Born in Moy, Tyrone on 15/08/1898. Son of John and Anna Bella nee Dickey Morrison. John is the postmaster and clerk of petty sessions. Joseph Dickey Morrison was living in Garvagh before enlisting in Coleraine. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Moy WM, Moneydig RH, Family memorial Moy C of I Churchyard.
+RADCLIFFE, Joseph Wilson
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. C Coy. Private. MM. 26664. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 22. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Radcliffe, of Monreagh, Carrigans, Co. Donegal. Brother of John, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who served in WW1 and re-enlisted for WW2. Uncle of Joe Radcliffe, Royal Signals, Brandywell area, Londonderry. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
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+STEELE, Robert Henry Lewis
Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge), 7th Btn. Serjeant. 291027. Died 29/03/1918 of wounds received in action during the German Spring Offensive. Aged 35. Son of Robert and Caroline Steele; husband of Lucy Emily Steele, of "Raewood," Baring Rd., Lee, London. Aubingy Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Cookstown War Dead Book
+WELTON, Samuel
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. Private. G/20837. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 25. Son of Robert and Mary Jane Welton of Kilnaslee, Altmore. Robert was a farmer. Samuel was born in County Tyrone about 1892. He was the youngest of three sons. By 1911 Samuel was working for and living with the Collins family in Market Square, who owned a grocer store. Samuel Welton enlisted in Belfast. Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France
+WIGTON, Frederick
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. C Coy. Private. 27312. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 33. Frederick was an agricultural labourer like his father. He enlisted in Dungannon. Brother of Robert 11227 who died in service 1918. Eldest son of William and Margaret Wigton, of Cavan Hill, Killyman, Moy, Co. Tyrone; husband to Mary Ann McMinn Wigton, of Culnagrew, Dungannon. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Dungannon WM
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+WILLIAMSON, George
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. Private. 27499. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 23. George Williamson enlisted in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. Son of Alexander and Annie Williamson, of Tempo, Co. Fermanagh. Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France
+McCURDY, JamesRoyal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Btn. Private/acting-Lance-Corporal 28182. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 31. Before the War he was employed as a stone mason. He volunteered for active service in the winter of 1915 and served in France. Son of James and Mary McCurdy, lived at Mullaghacall, Portstewart. Portstewart's WM, Portstewart Presbyterian Church WM, PCI RH, IMR. Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
+McMULLAN, John Campbell
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 9th Bn.Private (Signaller). 27523. Died 29/03/1918. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. Sarah Jane McMullan, of Ballywatt, Dervock, Co. Antrim. Pozieres Memorial, Panel 38 - 40. Somme, France
1919
+McCABE, William JohnRMLI. Private. PLY/15918. HMS Foresight. Died 29/03/1919. Age 25. Enrolled Belfast 15/11/1912. Served in HMS Foresight 20/07/1914 - 29/03/1919. Son of the late James and Lena McCabe, Belfast. Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery. ADM 159/158/15918
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1940 +BOYLES, Alexander
RN. Petty Officer Stoker. C/KX 80080. Died 27/10/1940. Age 29. HM Submarine H.49. 11 years service. Son of Alexander and Mary Ann Boyles Arkwright St., Belfast. (Belfast Weekly Telegraph 05/04/1941.). Chatham Naval Memorial, Panel 39
1941
+McKEOWN, J
Royal Artillery. 6 Indep. Lt. A.A. Bty. Gunner.1449216. Died 29/03/1941. Aged 35. Husband to Eliza Jane McKeown, of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt 1942
+SMYTH, Maxwell
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Btn. Corporal. 6977646. Died 29/03/1942. Age 27. Son of William Smyth and Agnes Smyth of Laurencetown, Co. Down. His brother Alfred Smyth served in the Irish Guards. An older brother, John Smyth, lived in the USA having served in WW1.Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma). Gilford WM. All Saints C of I, Tullylish.
1943
+McKINLEY, William Alexander
RAFVR. Sergeant. 1080089. Died 29/03/1943. Aged 20. Son of James and Elizabeth McKinley of Strabane. Strabane Cemetery
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1945
+BELL, Albert RAF. Leading Aircraftman. 644334. Died 29/03/1945. Aged 27. Son of George Thomas and Maria Bell, of Bessbrook, Co. Armagh. Singapore Memorial, Column 452, Kranji War Cemetery. Singapore. Bessbrook WM
+SMYTH, Benjamin Thorpe RAFVR. Flying Officer 170709. Died 29/03/1945.113 Sqd. Portora RS. Son of William Thorpe Smyth And Mary Edith Smyth, Belfast. Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (formerly Burma)
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