24th February 1946
On 24th February 1946, a Douglas Dakota plane carrying young Jewish orphans from lands across occupied Europe landed at Sydenham airfield in East Belfast.
7th December 1945
Gunner James Gibson died on 7th December 1945 in Portadown, Co. Armagh. He served in 3rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War.
24th August 1945
On 24th August 1945, General Dwight D. Eisenhower received the Freedom of the City of Belfast as well as an honorary doctorate degree from Queen's University.
23rd August 1945
On 23rd-24th August 1945, future U.S. President General Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Belfast where he received an honorary degree and the Freedom of the City.
On 23rd August 1945, General Eisenhower landed at an airfield in Northern Ireland to begin a two-day visit. He spent that evening at Belfast Grand Opera House.
1st July 1945
On 1st July 1945, a solo American pilot, First Lieutenant Fred Anthony Barton fatally crashed his A-20K Havoc into a hillside near Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone.
18th June 1945
On 18th June 1945, Driver Ernest Stewart Currie of Portadown, Co. Armagh died having served throughout the Second World War with the Royal Army Service Corps.
5th June 1945
On 5th June, we remember service personnel with connections to Northern Ireland who died in far-off fields such as Burma, Singapore, Indonesia, and India.
3rd June 1945
On 3rd June, we remember riflemen, a Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force and a Fusilier who served with The Skins in Italy following the Second World War.
20th April 1945
Able Seaman Normal Cole of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 20th April 1945 as a result of illness having served on H.M.S. Renown during the Second World War.
13th April 1945
Lance Corporal Samuel Alexander Hazlett of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 13th April 1945. He served in the Canadian Infantry Corps during the Second World War.
19th January 1945
In early 1945, the first German Prisoners of War began to arrive in Northern Ireland. Their detention took place in a number of camps across the country.
