19th March 1944
During the Second World War, choirs and quartets of black soldiers of the U.S. Army began appearing as part of church services in small towns across Ulster.
13th March 1944
On 13th March 1944, Private George Benson of Portadown, Co. Armagh died while serving with The Pioneer Corps at the Bellahouston Camp in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
6th March 1944
On 6th March 1944, U.S. soldier Private Wiley Harris Jr. and Harry Coogan argued in Earl Street, Belfast. Harris unsheathed a knife with fatal consequences.
On 6th March 1944, a murder took place on the streets of Belfast. The perpetrator, sentenced to death, was a 26-year-old private in the United States Army.
13th February 1944
Private John Morrison of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in The Pioneer Corps. He died on 13th February 1944 while undergoing treatment at the Armagh Sanitorium.
1st February 1944
Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who died on 1st February while serving in armies, navies, and air forces in the Second World War.
10th August 1943
Rifleman David McClatchey, a hairdresser from Portadown, Co. Armagh became a prisoner of war in Italy. He died in a military hospital on 10th August 1943.
2nd August 1943
Captain William "Bill" Hanna led D Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers on the attack at Centuripe under heavy machine gun fire on 2nd August 1943.
30th June 1943
On 30th June 1943, Major General Russel P. Hartle of the United States Army responded to an unusual invitation from Belfast's Ulster Kerry Blue Terrier Club.
In June 1943, U.S. Army Major General Russell P. Hartle wrote from A.P.O. 305 responding to an invitation from the Ulster Kerry Blue Terrier Club in Belfast.
22nd June 1943
On 22nd June 1943, two airmen with connections to the town of Portadown, Co. Armagh died while serving in Royal Air Force Bomber Command on raids over Germany.
11th April 1943
Sergeant Valentine Robertson Wilson of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 11th April 1943 serving as a navigator on a Bomber Command raid over Frankfurt, Germany.