Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who died on active service in Burma with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 6th January 1943.
6th January 1942
On 6th January 1942, a manslaughter trial took place in Portadown, Co. Armagh. In the dock was a local soldier from the neighbouring town of Gilford, Co. Down.
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Fusilier Owen McIlroy of Belfast died in early January 1943 while serving in Burma with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He has no known grave.
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Serjeant George Edward Wakeham of Belfast died in January 1943 while serving in Burma with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He has no known grave.
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Fusilier Leo O'Neill of Co. Tyrone died in early January 1943 while serving in Burma with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He has no known grave.