Royal Air Force
R.A.F. 578 operated from Burn, North Yorkshire, England flying the Handley Page Halifax by mid-1944. Bramwell Blair of Portadown, Co. Armagh was an air gunner.
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Sergeant Ernest Bramwell Blair of Portadown, Co. Armagh was an air gunner with Royal Air Force 578 Squadron at the time of his death on 15th February 1944.
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Private John Morrison of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in The Pioneer Corps. He died on 13th February 1944 while undergoing treatment at the Armagh Sanatorium.
Royal Artillery
In 1942, 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment joined XV Corps in Burma. Their long-range firing prowess earned them the nickname 'The 12-Mile Snipers'.
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Gunner Ernest Buller of Belfast died on 8th February 1944 as 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment came under heavy fire in the Battle of the Admin Box.
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Gunner John Galway of Belfast died on 8th February 1944 as 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment came under heavy fire in the Battle of the Admin Box.
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Gunner Albert Kinnon of Belfast died on 8th February 1944 as 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment came under heavy fire in the Battle of the Admin Box.
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James Shields of Derry~Londonderry died on 8th February 1944 as 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment came under heavy fire in the Battle of the Admin Box.
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Corporal Ambrose Carabine served in The Green Howards in Northern Ireland during the Second World War. He married a local woman named Evelyn from Co. Tyrone.
R.A.F. 14 Squadron was the first British squadron to make use of the American-built Martin B-26 Marauder. These bombers saw action in the Mediterranean in 1944.
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Flight Sergeant Thomas Norman Gilchrist of Lurgan, Co. Armagh served in the Royal Air Force at his time of death in 1944. His name is on the Malta Memorial.
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Pilot Officer Maurice Cheyne Reid of Derry~Londonderry served in the Royal Air Force at his time of death in February 1944. His name is on the Malta Memorial.
