Remembering the service of three military personnel from Co. Armagh including Charles "Scotty" Lawson who wrote a letter home to the Portadown News in 1942.
3rd January 1942
Bombardier Charles "Scotty" Lawson was well-known in the Portadown area of Co. Armagh. On 3rd January 1942, he wrote "home" via local paper The Portadown News.
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Acting Able Seaman George Dawson of Lurgan, Co. Armagh served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, training as a gunner at H.M.S. President III.
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Fusilier Patrick McCann of Lurgan, Co. Armagh served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, seeing action in Malta during the early years of the Second World War.
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Sergeant Edward Colhoun McLaughlin of Ballyronan, Co. Londonderry served with R.A.F. 100 Squadron when his crew failed to return from a night raid over Berlin.