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Corporal Albert Dane Boshnett served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War. He played in the first game of American Football in Northern Ireland in 1942.
Royal Artillery
9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery formed as an air defence unit in Northern Ireland in 1939 and continued to operate until 1955.
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From May 1941 - July 1943, Lieutenant General Harold Edmund Franklyn C.B., D.S.O., M.C. was General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland.
Born in Newtownards, Co. Down, Paddy Mayne was a poetry lover, a pack powerhouse, a paratrooper, and a founding member of the Special Air Service in 1941.
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Marine Brian Hamilton of Lisburn, Co. Antrim served in the Royal Marines during the Second World War. He died after the end of conflict on 2nd September 1947.
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Fusilier William Henry "Harry" Moran of Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry served in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Italy at his time of death on 3rd June 1947.
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Serjeant William James Walker of Jubilee Terrace, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry died in 1947 after suffering from heat stroke while serving in the Army in India.
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Aircraftman 1st Class Andrew "Andy" McCormick of Lisburn, Co. Antrim died at his home as a result of illness following the Second World War on 3rd March 1947.
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Corporal Aubrey Burke died in a tragic accident on the River Bann in his hometown of Portadown, Co. Armagh having served in 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles.
Royal navy
H.M.S. Illustrious was an aircraft carrier built before the start of the Second World War. It served in the Mediterranean, notably in the Battle of Taranto.
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Able Seaman William John Kirkpatrick Lutton of Portadown, Co. Armagh served on the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious during his time with the Royal Navy.
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Lance Corporal Victor Charles John Purchase of Lisburn, Co. Antrim served in the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War. He died on 2nd July 1946.
