Infantry
7/9th Battalion, Royal Scots served in 52nd (Lowland) Division during the final push of the Second World War, advancing onward into Germany in January 1945.
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Private George McCann of Co. Armagh served in 52nd (Lowland) Division during early 1945 encountering resistance from the enemy in the late stages of the war.
The Canadian Infantry Corps formed on 2nd September 1942, encompassing all existing infantry regiments. It served throughout the Second World War until 1945.
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Lance Corporal Samuel Alexander Hazlett of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in the Canadian Infantry Corps during the Second World War. He died on 13th April 1945.
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Private William Robert Hutchinson of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in the Toronto Scottish Regiment, Canadian Infantry Corps during the Second World War.
During the Second World War, the Special Operations Executive or S.O.E. waged a secret war of subversion and sabotage behind enemy lines around the world.
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In early February 1945, Major James Brian Watt Smyth and- Special Operations Executive Team RAT were ambushed behind enemy lines in Operation LABEL in Burma.
Royal Air Force
R.A.F. 166 Squadron flew Mark I and Mark III Avro Lancaster bombers in the latter stages of the war. By 1945, the took part in day and night-time sorties.
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Flight Sergeant Hugh Henry Teggart of Killough, Co. Down served in R.A.F. 166 Squadron at his time of death on 1st February 1945 while serving in 166 Squadron.
During the Second World War, 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment saw action with the B.E.F. at Dunkirk in 1940 before fighting through northwest Europe in 1944-1945.
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Private Derick Christopher Coomber was the husband of Gertrude Coomber of Larne, Co. Antrim. He served in the Suffolk Regiment during the Second World War.
7th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, raised on 29th June 1940 was a Home Defence Battalion, remaining in Ulster until leaving for Great Britain in September 1942.
