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Wing Commander John Kane Rogers from Belfast was a high-ranking officer with R.A.F. 208 Squadron flying Hawker Hurricanes in North Africa during the war.
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
59th (Staffordshire) Reconnaissance Regiment formed in 1941, arriving in Northern Ireland in November that year with 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division.
Royal Engineers
Sappers such as Alfred Stanley Button who had experience in working on railways in peacetime were valuable assets to units such as 9th Movement Control Group.
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Sapper Alfred Stanley Button served in 9th Movement Control Group, Royal Engineers. He died in Belfast on 3rd August 1944 and his wife was from Co. Tyrone.
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force 115 Squadron took part ina raids over occupied Europe during the Second World War. They were one of the first squadrons to use "Gee" navigation.
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Sergeant Robert "Bob" Getgood McCrory of Banbridge, Co. Down died on 29th July 1942, when the former teacher's plane came down on a raid on Hamburg, Germany.
43rd (5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Searchlight Regiment was a Royal Artillery unit operating in an anti-aircraft capacity throughout England in wartime.
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Bombardier Hugh Roney of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in 43rd (5th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Searchlight Regiment in England during the Second World War.
U.S. Army
Northern Ireland Base Section, redesignated from Northern Ireland Base Command in July 1942, operated from Wilmont House and Ballydrain, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim.
R.A.F. No. 27 O.T.U. was formed at R.A.F. Lichfield, Staffordshire, England on 23rd April 1941. These units were the final stage of training for would-be crews.
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Sergeant Samuel James Wilson was a well-known musician in his hometown of Portadown, Co. Armagh before training with R.A.F. No. 27 Operational Training Unit.
From May 1942, elements of 1st Armored Division, nicknamed the Old Ironsides, were in Northern Ireland with a headquarters at Castlewellan Castle in Co. Down.
