Royal Engineers
No. 1014 Docks Operating Company was a unit with the Corps of Royal Engineers during the Second World War based in the Bari area of Italy in the summer of 1945.
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Born in England, Driver Patrick Thomas Irvine resided in Belfast with his wife during his time serving in the Royal Engineers. He died on 1st August 1945.
On 12th July 1945, Lance Corporal R.J. Payne of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps fulfilled a life-long ambition, to parade in The Twelfth in Northern Ireland.
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First Lieutenant Fred Anthony Barton died in a tragic aviation incident near Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone on the eve of his departure from Northern Ireland.
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Driver Ernest Stewart Currie of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in the Royal Army Service Corps during the Second World War before his death on 18th June 1945.
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Lance Corporal John Harrison served in The Pioneer Corps during the Second World War. He died on 7th June 1945 and is buried in his hometown of Portadown.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment was in India where they remained for the duration of the conflict until 1945.
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Private Leslie Ivan Frederick Collins of Larne, Co. Antrim served in 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment which was based in India in the Second World War.
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Squadron Leader Robert William Stanley Marshall was a qualified doctor from Belfast who served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at his time of death.
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Sergeant Frank M. Seitz Jr. died on 26th May 1945 while serving with 343rd Squadron, 325th Service Group, United States Army Air Force in Northern Ireland.
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Corporal Robert Lynas of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 14th May 1945 as a result of a fatal accidental gunshot wound while serving with the Royal Air Force.
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Offa was an O-Class Destroyer that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War from 1941. After a long career the vessel was scrapped in 1959.
