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.
Royal Artillery
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.
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Warrant Officer Class III Walter Stanley Smith of Portaferry, Co. Down served in 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during their time with the B.E.F. in 1940.
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Pilot Officer Alan Lancelot Treanor served in R.A.F. 245 (Northern Rhodesian) Squadron when his Hawker Hurricane I disappeared over Dunkirk on 1st June 1940.
In September 1939, 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment joined the British Expeditionary Force in France where it fought in the rear guard back to Dunkirk.
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Private Leslie Waite of Holywood, Co. Down served in 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment with the British Expeditionary Force at his time on death in 1940.