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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.
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Rifleman Hugh Joseph Thompson of Linwood Street, Belfast served with 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles during the Dunkirk evacuation of May and June 1940.
Royal Artillery
During 1940 3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery was deployed to four locations in France; Lens, Carvin, Richarderie, and 12th Battery at Dunkirk.
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Warrant Officer Class III David Maxwell Phillips of Belfast died as a result of wounds sustained while serving with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in France.
Royal Engineers
17th Field Company, Royal Engineers saw action in France with the British Expeditionary Force in the early stages of the Second World War leading up to Dunkirk.
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Corporal Arthur Blaney of Hilden, Co. Antrim served in 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers at his time of death on 1st June 1940 as the B.E.F. retreated.
Infantry
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles saw action at many of the Second World War's most famed moments from the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 to the D-Day landings.
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Rifleman John Robert Gilpin of Cultra, Co. Down saw action with 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles in the British Expeditionary Force's evacuation from Dunkirk.
Royal Armoured Corps
From 1939-1940, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards served as the reconnaissance regiment for 4th Infantry Division within the British Expeditionary Force.
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Trooper Edward Joseph McAteer of Newry, Co. Down served in 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards during the regiment's time in the British Expeditionary Force.
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Fusilier Patrick McDaid of Strabane, Co. Tyrone died on 1st June 1940. He served with 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Belgium and France in 1940.
27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, sometimes known as "The Hampshire Gunners" saw action during the Second World War in both Europe and the Far East.