4th August 1944
On 23rd-24th August 1945, General Eisenhower made a historic visit to Belfast where he received the Freedom of the City from Lord Mayor Sir Crawford McCullagh.
Sergeant James Ernest Ivor "Jimmy" Clulow of Portadown, Co. Armagh was a well-respected soldier at his time of death on 4th August 1944 while serving in Italy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10th March 1943
On 10th March 1943, Petty Officer Matthew Thomas Archer died as a result of the sinking of the British merchant vessel S.S. Empire Impala in the North Atlantic.
54 William Street Portadown Co. Armagh BT62 1HL
Portadown War Memorial stands in front of St. Mark's Church of Ireland at the top end of the Co. Armagh town. It commemorates the fallen of several conflicts.
3rd January 1943
Remembering the service of three military personnel from Co. Armagh including Charles "Scotty" Lawson who wrote a letter home to the Portadown News in 1942.
28th December 1942
On 28th December 1942, Lance Corporal Samuel Kane of Portadown, Co. Armagh died serving in 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers during their time in Tunisia.