Second Engineer Officer Charles Knox Henry Black of Glenarm, Co. Antrim died on 2nd March 1941 as S.S. Castlehill came under attack in the Bristol Channel.
Master William Boyd of Islandmagee, Co. Antrim died on 2nd March 1941 as S.S. Castlehill came under attack from a Luftwaffe Heinkel in the Bristol Channel.
Mate George McCormick of Killyleagh, Co. Down died on 2nd March 1941 as S.S. Castlehill came under attack from a Luftwaffe Heinkel in the Bristol Channel.
Fireman Robert McLoughlin of Glenarm, Co. Antrim died on 2nd March 1941 as S.S. Castlehill came under attack from a Luftwaffe Heinkel in the Bristol Channel.
Chief Engineer Officer Bell Wallace of Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim died on 2nd March 1941 as a Luftwaffe plane attacked S.S. Castlehill in the Bristol Channel.
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Able Seaman John Brown Sinclair of Belfast died on 2nd March 1941. He was a D.E.M.S. Gunner on S.S. Castlehill when it came under attack in the Bristol Channel.
Cabin Boy Henry Brennan Weir of Newtownbreda, Co. Down died on 1st March 1941 as S.S. Cadillac came under attack from U-552 en route from Nova Scotia.
Fireman John Smyth of Norfolk Parade, Belfast died on 1st March 1941 as merchant tanker S.S. Cadillac came under attack from U-552 en route from Nova Scotia.
Ordinary Seaman Robert Joseph Shaw of Belfast died on 1st March 1941 as merchant tanker S.S. Cadillac came under attack from U-552 en route from Nova Scotia.
Ordinary Seaman John McDonald of Belfast died on 1st March 1941 as merchant tanker S.S. Cadillac came under attack from U-552 en route from Nova Scotia.
Master John Frazer Jefferson of Holywood, Co. Down died on 1st March 1941 as the tanker S.S. Cadillac came under attack from U-552 en route from Nova Scotia.
Royal Navy
Throughout the Second World War, many with connections to Northern Ireland served in the Royal Marines, the Royal Navy's elite force of amphibious troops.