On 2nd May 1944, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers sustained several casualties with connections to Northern Ireland while fighting in Anzio, Italy.
On 2nd May 1943, a church service conducted by Reverend L.F. Hamel-Smith took place in the Presbyterian Church's Assembly Buildings in Belfast.
On 2nd May 1943, a parade through Belfast city centre saw Major General Vivian Henry Bruce Majendie take the salute from elements of various battalions at Belfast City Hall.
On 2nd May 1944, 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers engaged the enemy in Anzio during the Italian campaign. Commonwealth War Graves records the following deaths.