Royal Artillery
965th Defence Battery, Royal Artillery fell into Japanese hands on 25th December 1941 with the fall of Hong Kong. The battery was part of mobile coast defences.
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Lance Bombardier Samuel John Boyce of Portadown, Co. Armagh was a prisoner of war on board Japanese ship Lisbon Maru when it came under attack in October 1942.
Royal Air Force
R.A.F. 51 Squadron served in both Coastal Command and Bomber Command during the Second World War. Robert Victor Doak of Co. Armagh flew with them in 1942.
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Corporal Robert Victor Doak of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in R.A.F. 51 Squadron as part of Coastal Command at his time of death on 24th September 1942.
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Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas Arthur Mewhort died at Campbell College Military Hospital in his hometown of Belfast on 20th September 1942. He was 44 years old.
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Gunner George Pentland from Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 20th September 1942 as a result of an accident while serving in wartime England.
Local Defence Volunteers formed in 1940 due to the threat of an enemy invasion of the U.K. In Northern Ireland, they became the Ulster Home Guard in 1942.
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Private James Grover Pardy Jr. died on 13th September 1942 as a result of a traffic collision near Omagh, Co. Tyrone while serving in the United States Army.
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Sergeant Henry Howard Maginn of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 11th September 1942 while on a Bomber Command raid over Germany in a Short Stirling bomber.
Sergeant Frederick Samuel Diplock of Belfast was serving in R.A.F. No. 15 Advanced Flying Unit in Yorkshire, England at his time of death on 6th September 1942.
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Stoker 2nd Class William McIntyre of Portstewart, Co. Londonderry served in the Royal Navy. H.M.S Attack in Dorset, England was his base at his time of death.
