Among those remembered on 1st May, are soldiers with connections to Northern Ireland who died serving with the Royal Horse Artillery in Libya.
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Lance Sergeant Philip Hunter Collihole of Knock, Belfast served in the Royal Horse Artillery at his time of death during fighting in Libya on 1st May 1941.
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Sergeant John Hunter of Belfast died on 1st May 1943 when his Handley-Page Halifax of R.A.F. No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit went down over the Channel.
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Boy 1st Class Andrew McGugan of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry died as a result of the sinking of H.M.S. Punjabi when the destroyer collided with a battleship.
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Fusilier Benjamin Moore of Co. Armagh died on 1st May 1942 while serving in Burma with 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He has no known grave.
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Able Seaman Irvine Reilly of Annalong, Co. Down died on 1st May 1942 when H.M.S. Amazon came under attack from both the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.
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Lance Bombardier Robert Orr Thompson of Co. Down served in the Royal Horse Artillery at his time of death during fighting in Libya on 1st May 1941.