Many brave men went off to fight and many never returned.
“Nec Aspera Terrent” – Lest We Forget
For those with an interest in Northern Irelands Involvement i have come across this informative site
http://www.ww2ni.webs.com/
Yet again I hope that this section of the site will do a little justice to the sacrifices given by these brave people...
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The 5th. Light A.A. Click on arow
This is a new section constantly under development

Another pic from Alan Gourleys Collection added 9th.February 2014 - This features Desmond Gourley middle row 3rd. from right

Another pic from Alann Gourleys Collection - This is his Uncle Thomas Gourley on the right holding the captured Nazi Flag

Another exellent pic from Alan - This is his Uncle James Gourley who was a radio operator
on Lancaster Bombers in WW2 - Pic added 25th. February 2014

Billy Mullan of Movilla Street 2nd. left back row

Many thanks to Ray Maxwell for this pic of Charles "Charlie" Maxwell Royal Ulster Rifles who contracted
TB in 1944 and died soon after aged 20
http://www.newtownards.info/family-maxwell.htm

Another superb 11th. May 1941 pic courtesy of Ernie Cromie of the Ulster Aviation Society
A Lysander of 231 Squadron practicing message pickup.
E.Mail from Marian Gazzard daughter-in-law of following mentioned Billy Gazzard - Derek. I was showing Billy the pic Derek had on of Ards airfield with the Lysander and he was telling us that was his squadron 231 and he was based there from 1940-1942 where he met and married Lily. He was a wireless operator on the Lysander and he was saying about the German bomb that hit the airfield and killed some of his mates.

Albert Charles Tyler.  My Uncle and a true hero who lost his life fighting alongside Monty and the 8th. Army at El Alamain.. Although originally from Plymouth in England he was still married to N.Ireland. R.I.P.

Blair "Paddy" Mayne

one the most decorated soldiers of WW2. There are others who can tell you much more than i can, check out Stewarts Page  HERE

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Lieutenant - Royal Ulster Rifles - 24th. February 1942
Citation:
"At Sirte on 12/13 December this officer was instrumental in leading and succeeded in destroying with a small party of men, many aeroplanes, a bomb dump and a petrol dump. He led this raid in person and himself destroyed and killed many of the enemy. The task set was of the most hazardous nature, and it was due to this officer's courage and leadership that success was achieved. I cannot speak too highly of this officer's skill and devotion to duty."

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Captain (Temporary Major) - Belfast Infantry - 21st. October 1943
Second DSO awarded as a bar on the ribbon of the first DSO
Citation:
"Operation "Husky", Sicily, On July 10th 1943 & 12th July 1943, Major R.B.Mayne carried out two successful operations. The first, capture and destruction of coastal defence battery on Capo Murro Di Porco, the outcome of which was vital to the safe landing of XIII Corps. By nightfall 10/7/43, Special Raiding Squadron had captured three additional Btys, 450 prisoners as well as killing 200 to 300 Italians The second, the capture and holding of the town of Augusta. The landing was carried out in daylight, a most hazardous combined operation. By the audacity displayed the Italians were forced from their positions in masses and most valuable stores and equipment was saved from certain destruction. In both these operations it was Major Mayne's courage, determination and surperb leadership which proved the key to success. He personally led his men from the landing craft in the face of heavy machine gun fire and in the case of the Augusta raid, mortar fire. By these actions he succeeded in forcing his way to ground where it was possible to form up and sum up the enemy's defences."

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Major - Army Air Corps - 29th. March 1945
Third DSO awarded as second bar on the ribbon of the first DSO.
Citation:
"Lt.Col. R.B.Mayne DSO has commanded 1st SAS Regt throughout the period of operations in France. On 7th August 44 he was dropped to the "HOUNDSWORTH" base located west of Dijon in order to co-ordinate and take charge of all available detachments of his Regiment and co-ordinate their action with a major airborne landing which was then envisaged near Paris. He then proceeded in a jeep in daylight to motor to the "GAIN" base near Paris making the complete journey in one day. On the approach of Allied forces he passed through the lines in his jeep to contact the American forces and lead back through the lines his detachment of 20 jeeps landed for operation "WALLACE". During the next few weeks he successfully penetrated the German and American lines in a jeep on four occasions in order to to lead parties of reinforcements.
It was entirely due to Lt.Col. Mayne's fine leadership and example, and due to his utter disregard of danger that the unit was able to achieve such striking success."

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary) - 1st. Special Air Service Regiment - Army Air Corps, Belfast - 11th. October 1945
Citation:
"On Monday April 9th 1945, Lt.Col. R.B.Mayne was ordered by the GOC 4th Canadian Armoured Division to lead his Regiment (then consisting of two armoured jeep squadrons) through the British lines and infiltrate through the German lines. His general axis of advance was N/East towards the city of Oldenburg, with the special task of clearing a path for the Canadian armoured cars and tanks, and also causing alarm and disorganisation behind the enemy lines. As subsequent events proved the task of Lt.Col. Mayne's force was entirely and completely successful. This success however was solely due to the brilliant military leadership and cool calculating courage of Lt.Col.Mayne who, by a single act of supreme bravery drove the enemy from a strongly held key village thereby breaking the crust of the enemy defences in the whole of this sector.
The following is a detailed account of the Lt.Col's individual action which called for both unsurpassed heroism and cool clear sighted military knowledge.
Lt.Col.Mayne on receiving a wireless message from the leading squadron reporting that it was heavily engaged by enemy fire and that the squadron commander had been killed immediately drove forward to the scene of the action. From the time of his arrival until the end of the action Lt.Col. Mayne was in full view of the enemy and exposed to fire from small arms, machine guns, sniper rifles and Panzerfausts. On arrival he summed up the situation in a matter of seconds and entered the nearest house alone and ensured the enemy here had either withdrawn or been killed. He then siezed a Bren gun and magazines and single handly fired burst after burst into a second house, killing or wounding the enemy there and also opened fire on the woods. He then ordered a jeep to come forward and take over his fire position before returning to the forward position where he disposed the men to the best advantage and ordered another jeep to come forward. He got into the jeep and with another officer as rear gunner drove forward past the position where the Squadron Commander had been killed a few minutes previously and continued to point a hundred yards ahead where a further section of jeeps were halted by intense and accurate enemy fire. This section had suffered casualties and wounded owing to the heavy enemy fire and the survivors were unable at that time to influence the action in any way until the arrival of Lt.Col.Mayne. The Lt.Col. continued along the road all the time engaging the enemy with fire from his own jeep. Having swept the whole area with close range fire he turned his jeep around and drove down the road again, still in full view of the enemy. By this time the enemy had suffered heavy casualties and had started to withdraw. Never the less they maintained intense fire on the road and it appearded almost impossible to extricate the wounded who were in a ditch near to the forward jeeps. Any attempt of rescuing these men under those conditions appeared virtually suicidal owing to the highly concentrated and accurate fire of the enemy. Though he fully realised the risk he was taking Lt.Col.Mayne turned his jeep round once more and returned to try and rescue these wounded. Then by superlative determination and displaying gallantry of the very highest degree and in the face of intense enemy machine gun fire he lifted the wounded one by one into the jeep, turned round and drove back to the main body. The entire enemy positions had been wiped out, the majority of the enemy having been killed or wounded leaving a very small percentage who were now in full retreat. The Squadron having suffered no further casualties were able to continue their advance and drive deeper behind the enemy to complete their task of sabotage and destruction of the enemy. Finally they reached a point 20 miles ahead of the advance guard of the advancing Canadian Division thus threatening the rear of the Germans who finally withdrew. From the time of the arrival of Lt.Col.Mayne his gallantry inspired all ranks. Not only did he save the lives of the wounded but he also completly defeated and destroyed the enemy."

Hamilton "Hammy" Cowan

A Sgt. Airgunner with 625 Squadron RAF and had the pleasure of being involved in raids on Berlin, Cologne and Leipzig among other of the Lancasters crew.. 
Click on image to visit a dedication page.

Robert Alexander "Timber" Woods

No. 2721238 C.Company Irish Guards left Newtownards in 1936 and fought so that we could enjoy the freedom we now have.

Harry Dempster of North Street
Harry was in the Royal Navy and took part in the Russian Convoys During WW2

Hamilton, Robert George "Bobby" - 14th. March 1940 aged 21 - Able Seaman P/SSX 19719 H.M.S. Eagle Royal navy
Son of George and Elizabeth Hamilton - Died in action WW2

Above is a pic of my uncle Robert George (Bobby) Hamilton which you have on the family records section.He was killed in action in the first few months of the 2nd world war. His sisters were Matilda (Tilly) and Agnes (my mother). His mother (my grandmother ) was Elizabeth McClure married to George Hamilton. The McClures lived on the Bowtown Road. More about them later if they are of interest to you. - Vernon - family-hamilton.htm

This is William Brett who served in the R.A.F. during ww2 mainly in the middle east and the 2nd pic is a card he sent home from Syria. He is the son of Hugh Brett junior. Vernon Moore - family-brett.htm

You needed this to be able to buy clothes.

 

Allied Air Aces of WW2 came from many corners of the globe and there were many unusual stories to tell, here are some,. 

The Polish Air Force's Contribution
In July 1940, Hitler ordered his forces to invade Britain. As a prelude to the cross-Channel invasion, the German Air Force (the Luftwaffe) was to overpower Britain's air defenses. In the ensuing Air War between the German and Allied Air Forces, which lasted through the end of October 1940 and resulted in the defeat of the Luftwaffe, 1 in 8 of allied pilots was Polish, and the highest scoring squadron within the whole of Allied air forces was the Polish Air Force 303 (Kosciuszko) Squadron which accounted for 125 enemy planes. The highest scoring allied fighter pilot was also a member of that squadron. All told, the Polish pilots were responsible for 201 of the Luftwaffe's 1100 planes lost. It is said that the Battle of Britain was won by a narrow margin, and the contribution of the already combat experienced Polish pilots was decisive.

Amid horrendous losses, a few talented individuals rose to prominence. Most famous was Aleksandr I. Pokryshkin, who was flying the mediocre Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 when he downed an Me-109E of JG.77 near Jassy on June 23, 1941. Surviving the war with 59 victories -- 48 of which were scored flying a Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobra -- Pokryshkin won the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union three times, as well as the American Distinguished Flying Cross.

Another special case from the war's early days was Aleksei P.P. Marasyev, who downed his seventh victim, a Junkers Ju-52, in April 1942, before being shot down by a flight of 10 Me-109s. Marasyev emerged from the wreckage of his Yakovlev Yak-1 with both legs crushed, and over the next 19 days he crawled back to Russian lines. By the time he was found by partisans and evacuated, gangrene had set in and both legs had to be amputated. With a determination worthy of Douglas Bader, however, Marasyev mastered both artificial legs and aircraft. Flying Lavochkin La-5s, he achieved a final score of 19.

A relative latecomer was Ivan N. Kozhedub, whose flying skill made him so valuable as an instructor that he was not able to wangle a combat assignment until June 1943. Once he did, however, he became the leading exponent of the Lavochkin LaG-5, La-5FN and La-7 fighters and the leading Allied ace of World War II -- his 62 victories included a Messerschmitt Me-262A downed on February 18, 1945. Kozhedub was also the only Soviet fighter pilot other than Pokryshkin to earn three Gold Stars.

Like the RAF, the V-VS formed foreign units, including regiments of Czechoslovakian, Polish and French airmen. The famed Normandie-Niemen Regiment produced the leading French ace of World War II, Marcel Albert, with 23 victories. Another of the unit's members, Roger Sauvage, a Parisian whose mother came from Martinique, added 14 victories to the two he had scored in 1940, to become the war's only black ace.

Unique to the V-VS was the formation of three all-female regiments, of which one, the 586th, was a fighter outfit. None of the 586th Fighter Regiment scored more than four victories, but two women serving in male units did -- Lidya Litvak with 12 and Ekaterina Budanova with 11. Both, however, were killed in action.

Like the Soviets, the Chinese fought a desperate but costly air war against the better equipped and trained Japanese. Among those gifted Chinese fighter pilots who rose to prominence, Liu Chi-sun flew the Curtiss Hawk III, the Polikarpov I-152 and I-16 to account for a total of 11 1/3 Japanese aircraft between August 1937 and May 1941. The most successful Chinese fighter pilot after 1941 was Wang Kwang-fu, who scored 6 1/2 victories flying Curtiss P-40s -- including 3 1/2 on October 27, 1944 -- and two more in a North American P-51 Mustang.

Americans were involved in the air war long before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The first to become an ace, William R. Dunn, got his fifth victory on August 27, 1941, flying in No. 71 Squadron, one of three "Eagle Squadrons" in the RAF made up of American volunteers. During the Pearl Harbour raid, 2nd Lt. George S. Welch managed to take off from Wheeler Field in a Curtiss P-40B and in the course of two sorties was credited with downing four Japanese aircraft. Later flying Lockheed P-38s over New Guinea, he eventually brought his total up to 16.

More on the above can be found here http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/WW2/aces/aces_intro.htm

As a footnot; Brendan Finucane from Ireland shot down 32 Axis aircraft... not bad for a volunteer pilot...  find out more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Finucane  

On Easter Tuesday, 16^th April 1941 a large air raid was carried out by the German Luftwaffe on the City of Belfast. This raid has been widely recorded however at the same time a raid took place targeting the Airfield at Newtownards.

The blackout had been in force from 21:00 and the dreaded Air Raid siren was sounded at 23:00.

As the aircraft of Kampfgruppe100 began bombing Newtownards fires blazed on Scrabo Hill with other bombs falling on Green Road and Comber Road.

The airfield at Newtownards, which had been used as the Headquarters of 231 Squadron

Royal Air Force since 15^th July the previous year, was guarded by soldiers of 70^th (Young Soldiers) Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. – These soldiers were too young for front line service and were used for homeland defence.

One H.E. bomb fell in the hutments of “A” Company Headquarters. Casualties were 10 killed and 15 wounded. Among the casualties were Lt G.M. King (Acting Company Commander) wounded, C.S.M. Penfold killed, C.MS McMurray severely wounded”

Those who lost their lives are listed below

BELLAMY, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6983155 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. C. Grave 7629. Cemetery: SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD CEMETERY

BURKE, SAMUEL Initials: S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 18 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6982708 Additional information: Son of George and Annie Burke, of Braehead, Londonderry. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. S. Class B. Grave 1218. Cemetery: LONDONDERRY CITY CEMETERY

CARLISLE, ALEXANDER Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6984668 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 11. Column 2. Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

COPLING, ANDREW Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 16 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6984669 Additional information: Son of Ernest Victor and Jane Copling, of Dromore. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 26. Cemetery: DROMORE CATHEDRAL CHURCHYARD

FULTON, HUGH Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 17 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6984727 Additional information: Son of William Moffet Fulton and Julia Fulton, of Markethill. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: BELLEEK (ST. LUKE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD

GRAHAM, GEORGE Initials: G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6982035 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E.1. Grave 490. Cemetery: BELFAST (DUNDONALD) CEMETERY

 

 

 

HIGGINS, DANIEL Initials: D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6980100 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 28. Prot. Plot. Grave 81. Cemetery: NEWTOWNARDS (MOVILLA) CEMETERY

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOVE, LESLIE Initials: L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 34 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6984566 Additional information: Husband of Frances Gertrude Love, of Nottingham. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. B. Row M. 6. Grave 8. Cemetery: CARLTON CEMETERY

McFARLAND, SAMUEL Initials: S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6984390 Additional information: Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Margaret McFarland, of Clogherney. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: CLOGHERNEY CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD

McNEILL, ERNEST Initials: E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 17 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6982560 Additional information: Son of John and Margaret McNeill, of Craigmore. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 4B. Cemetery: MULLAGHGLASS (ST. LUKE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD

PENFOLD, ALFRED Initials: A Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 36 Date of Death: 16/04/1941 Service No: 6392875 Additional information: Husband of Annie Penfold, of Waterside, Londonderry. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. H. Grave 846B. Cemetery: GLENDERMOT CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD AND NEW CEMETERY

 

I believe the following 2 “Skins” were also victims who died of their wounds the following day. The first of these is the Company Quartermaster Sergeant mentioned in the War Diary.

 

McMURRAY, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Company Quartermaster Serjeant Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 17/04/1941 Service No: 6983653 Additional information: Son of George and Annie McMurray, of Bessbrook; husband of Susan Elizabeth McMurray, of Bessbrook. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 19. Cemetery: BESSBROOK METHODIST CEMETERY

WRIGHT, MATTHEW Initials: M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: 70th Bn. Age: 18 Date of Death: 17/04/1941 Service No: 6984533 Additional information: Son of Matthew and Mary A. Wright, of Coleraine. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 462. Cemetery: MACOSQUIN (ST. MARY) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD

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Following the declaration of War on 3rd. September 1939 the following members of Dr.Wrights Memorial Band volunteered their services
Frank Allen - James Magreehan - Frank Robinson - John Skimmin - Joseph Smith - William Tweed
The following lost their lives in combat  Frank Robinson - Joseph Smith - William Tweed

Those who gave the final sacrifice

Apperson, Maxwell Warnock - 24th. July 1942 aged 24 - Serjeant Flight Engineer 534437 405 Sqdn. - Royal Canadian Air Force

Bailie, William R. - WW2

Blythe, John H. - 10th. July 1944 - Rifleman 7019887 1st. Airborne Btn. Royal Ulster Rifles

Clarke, Robert - 18th. April 1945 aged 42 - Serjeant 619994 R.A.F. - K.I.A.
Son of Robert and Isabella Clarke and husband to Wilhelmina Clarke

Corry, Henry - 5th. May 1941 - Gunner 1544177 175 Btry. 66th. Light Anti Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery - Died on active service WW2
Son of David and Margaret Corry and husband to Margaret M. Corry

Corry, Samuel David - 20th. August 1942 aged 28 - Captain 119736 R.A.M.C.  and No. 3 Commando
Of 10 Victoria Avenue - Died on active service WW2

Corry, David - 21st. November 1944 aged 38 - Serjeant 3126332 Royal Scots Fusiliers - Died on active service WW2
Son of David and Margaret Corry and husband to Sarah Corry

Davidson, Alexander - 21st. June 1942 aged 40 - Serjeant 7007149 5th. Btry. 2nd. Light Anti Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery
Son of Hugh and Julia Davidson and husband to Agnes K. Davidson

Hoy, Robert James - 11th. August 1944 aged 23 - Stoker 1st. class D/KX 95518 H.M.S. Albatross - Royal Navy
Son of Robert James Hoy and Daisy Elizabeth Ada Hoy

Hunter, William James - 12th. September 1942 aged 23 - Corporal 540549 Royal Airforce
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.Hunter

Hutchinson, John - 24th. January 1942 - Driver T/214847 Royal Army Service Corps.
Son of John and Eleanor Hutchinson of 7 Georges Street - Killed in action WW2

McNeilly, William J. - 25th. September 1941 aged 39 - Bombardier 7007543 - 5th. Bty. 2nd. Light Anti Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery
Son of William John and Ellen McNeilly and husband to Margaret Kathleen McNeilly - Tobruk Cemetery

Meredith, James - 25th. September 1941 - Gunner 1467261 - 5th. Bty. 2nd. Light Anti Aircraft Battery Royal Artillery - Tobruk

Meredith, Francis - 3rd. December 1942 aged 26 - Aircraftsman 1st.Class 972615 - R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve
Son of James Gardiner Meredith and Mary Meredith and husband to Margaret Meredith

Meredith, John - 18th. April 1945 aged 23 - Lance Serjeant 6984401 2nd. Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Son of James Gardiner Meredith and Mary Meredith - Argenta Gap Cemetery Italy Pic of cemetery HERE
Visit Wikipedia for a story of the battle here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap

Phillips, P.C.H. - 9th. July 1942 aged 21 - Serjeant 1312411 Air Gunner Royal Airforce H Image courtesy of Joe Tate

Prosser, D.F. - 3rd. July 1944 aged 27 - Fusilier 4193168 Royal Welch Fusiliers H Image courtesy of Joe Tate

Reid, Hugh Erin - 9th. April 1940 aged 34 - Driver 1893526 Royal Engineers - Movilla Cemetery ref. Sec. 29  Grave 41
Husband of E.J. Reid

Reid, Robert James - 28th. December 1941 - 2nd. Lt. Royal Artillery of "Cuanview" Belfast Road
6th. March 1942 - Reid Robert James of Cuanview Belfast Road Newtownards county Down second Lieutenant Royal Artillery died 28 December 1941 Probate Belfast 6 March to Elizabeth Evelyn Sayers Reid the widow. Effects £989-5s-3d.

Robinson, Francis - 25th. March 1943 aged 24 - Able Seaman D/SSX 22722 H.M.M.L. 466 Royal Navy
Son of Elizabeth Robinson and husband to Ivy Robinson

Scott, David - 8th. June 1940 aged 18 - Able Seaman D/SSX 30791 - H.M.S. Glorious -  Royal Navy
Son of Robert and Margaret Scott

Simpson, R.F. - 18th. November 1843 aged 23 - Flight Serjeant 415030 Air Gunner/Wireless Operator Royal New Zealand Airforce H - Image Courtesy of Joe Tate

Tweed, William J. - WW2 - Ordinary Seaman - Royal Navy
Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. David Tweed of 23 North Street and grandson of Mrs. Moore of 143 Greenwell Street

Warden, Robert John - 17th. January 1942 - Able Seaman D/SSX 15810 - H.M.S. Matabele - Royal Navy
H.M.S. Matabele 17th January 1942 - Hit by torpedo from U454 and sank almost immediately after explosion in position 69.21N   35.24E with loss of 238 of ship’s company, of whom only two survived and were rescued by HMS HARRIER. Many who were able to leave the stricken ship succumbed in the ice-cold water before rescue was possible.
Son of Robert John and Elizabeth Warden and husband to Josephine Sarah Warden

Warden, Robert - 12th. November 1944 aged 22 - Rifleman 7046535 2nd. Btn. London Irish Rifles - Royal Ulster Rifles
Son of John and Sarah Warden - Arezzo War Cemetery

White, A - 1st. October 1940 - Serjeant 540565 U/T Gunner Royal Airforce H Image courtesy of Joe Tate

Wilson, Hugh - 25th. August 1944 - Killed in action over Germany - RAF

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