Belfast City Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast

British Army personnel buried in Belfast City Cemetery

Many of those who saw action with the British Army during the Second World War are laid to rest in the city's largest cemetery on Falls Road in West Belfast.

John Campbell Lackey

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Rifleman John Campbell Lackey of Wilton Street, Belfast died on 3rd May 1940 while serving with the Royal Ulster Rifles. His grave is in Belfast City Cemetery.

Thomas Majurey

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Rifleman Thomas Majurey of Belfast died of wounds on 3rd June 1940 having returned to England with the British Expeditionary Force from the Dunkirk evacuation.

John Quirey

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Signalman John Quirey saw action with 36th Ulster Division in The Great War before re-enlisting in the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War.

Royal Air Force personnel buried in Belfast City Cemetery

During the Second World War, many members of the Royal Air Force including those who served with the Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Air Forces died while serving or training in Northern Ireland.

Thomas Arthur Mewhort

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Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas Arthur Mewhort died at Campbell College Military Hospital in his hometown of Belfast on 20th September 1942. He was 44 years old.

Royal Navy personnel buried in Belfast City Cemetery

Belfast City Cemetery is the burial place of many who saw action in the Second World War either at sea or in land establishments with the Royal Navy including the Marines.

Robert James Carson

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Marine Robert James Carson of Empire Drive, Belfast served in The Great War and the Second World War, with 22 years of service in the Royal Marines by 1941.

William Francis Dawe

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Leading Seaman William Francis Dawe of Lisburn, Co. Antrim died in Ulster on 2nd June 1941 as a result of wounds sustained when H.M.S. Zulu came under attack.

U.S. Military personnel buried in Belfast City Cemetery

Between 1942 and 1943, several members of the United States Forces who died in Northern Ireland were laid to rest in Belfast City Cemetery before the opening of a purpose-built cemetery at Lisnabreeny.

Robert Nye Allen

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Second Lieutenant Robert Nye Allen died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members.

Donald Hugh Baker

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Corporal Donald Hugh Baker served in 34th (Red Bull) Infantry Division in Ulster when he died as a result of a tragic accident at Coleraine Railway Station.

George A. Beigel

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New Yorker Private George A. Beigel served in 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army at his time of death in Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast on 6th July 1942.

John Newton Gibson

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Corporal John Newton Gibson died on 3rd October 1942 when B-17 bomber #41-24451 crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members.

Justin Clark Hamblin

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Private Justin Clark Hamblin died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.

Leonard Lavern Koebel

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Second Lieutenant Leonard Lavern Koebel died on 3rd October 1942 when B-17 bomber #41-24451 crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew.

Dale Livingston Lasselle

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Captain Dale Lasselle died on 3rd October 1942 when B-17 bomber #41-24451 crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.

John A. McLean

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First Lieutenant John A. McLean died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.

James Grover Pardy Jr.

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Private James Grover Pardy Jr. died on 13th September 1942 as a result of a traffic collision near Omagh, Co. Tyrone while serving in the United States Army.

Earl Ervin Perkins

On 7th March 1942, Corporal Earl Ervin Perkins of 34th (Red Bull) Infantry Division, U.S. Army became the first American GI to die in Northern Ireland.

Harold J. Staats

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Private Harold J. Staats died on 20th September 1942 having sustained a gunshot wound to the head while on sentry duty at a U.S. military barracks in Belfast.

John Arnold Strouse

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Private John Arnold Strouse of St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. died as a result of a tragic accident at a camp in Derry~Londonderry while serving in the U.S. Army.

Robert James Vaughn

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Sergeant Robert James Vaughn died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.

George Clayton Wassell

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Captain George Clayton Wassell died on 3rd October 1942 when a B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.

Casualties of the Belfast Blitz buried in Belfast City Cemetery

Many casualties of the Belfast Blitz or April and May 1941 are buried in Belfast City Cemetery including a mass grave of those who remained unidentified.

Thomas George Bell

Firewatcher Thomas George Bell of 2 Beit Street, Belfast died on 8th April 1941 as bombs fell on the shipyard of Harland and Wolff Ltd. during the Docks Raid.

Hugh Castles

Hugh Castles was a member of the Auxiliary Fire Service in the Belfast Blitz. He died on 16th April 1941 having sustained injuries at Royal Avenue in the city.

Family memorials at Belfast City Cemetery

A number of service personnel with no known graves are commemorated by loved ones on headstones and memorials at family plots in the west Belfast cemetery.

Robert William Stanley Marshall

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Squadron Leader Robert William Stanley Marshall was a qualified doctor from Belfast who served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at his time of death.