Co. Down
On 22nd April 1941, His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester took the salute as 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry paraded in Newcastle, Co. Down.
18th April 1941
On 18th April 1941, 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment took part in a training exercise over open moorland using Universal Carriers near Newry, Co. Down.
16th April 1941
The Easter Raid caused the greatest loss of life in Belfast city. Others died as a result of Luftwaffe attacks on Bangor, Newtownards, and Derry~Londonderry.
On the night of 15th-16th April 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Northern Ireland causing deaths in the coastal town of Bangor, Co. Down as well as in Belfast city.
61 Portaferry Road Newtownards Co. Down BT23 8SG
On 15th-16th April 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Newtownards Airfield causing the deaths of 13 soldiers of 70th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
15th April 1941
On Easter Tuesday 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Northern Ireland once more bringing death and destruction to Belfast, Derry~Londonderry, Bangor, and Newtownards.
On 10th April 1941, No. 10 Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps was the focus of Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge's camera in Seaforde, Co. Down.
Dundonald lies on the outskirts of Belfast and is home to a large cemetery that contains many Commonwealth War Graves of locals and those from further afield.
743 Upper Newtownards Road Dundonald Co. Down BT16 2QY
Dundonald Cemetery contains 88 Commonwealth War Graves of those who served in the Second World War as well as several local casualties of the Belfast Blitz.
7th April 1941
During the spring of 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Northern Ireland in a series of four devastating aerial raids that became known as the Belfast Blitz.
April 1941 brought the devastation and reality of war to Ulster as the Luftwaffe launched attacks on Belfast, Derry~Londonderry, Bangor, and Newtownards.