St Jude's Church, Belfast  WW1 and 2 War Memorials

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St Jude's Church, Belfast WW1 and 2 War Memorials

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The memorial is in St Jude's Church, Ballynafeigh, Belfast

In Memoriam

Kenneth Albert BROWNE, Sergeant 1470773, 11th Battery 3rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery died 27th September 1941 aged 23. He was the son of Thomas Browne and Marcella Cassells of Belfast, Ireland. He is at rest in Knockbreda Cemetery, County Down


John McKee CRAIG, Engine Room Artificer 5th Class D/MX 511289, Royal Navy on H.M.S. Kite (U 87) killed in action at sea 21st August 1944. The ship was sunk by U-Boat 344, Captain Ulrich Pietsch. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.

Robert James DEANS, Flight Sergeant, Wireless Operator, Air Gunner 1306056, 150th Squadron, Royal Air Force (VR) died 3rd September 1942 aged 26. He was one of a crew of 5 in a Wellington bomber, bound for Karsruhe. The plane was shot down off the French coast, with the loss of all the crew, He was the son of James and Rebecca Deans and was the husband of Florence Ena Deans, of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. He is at rest in Dieppe Canadian War cemetery, Hautot-Sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France

Thomas GRIBBEN, Sergeant 1333297, 12th Squadron, Royal Air Force , died 13th June 1944 aged 22. He was part of a crew of a Lancaster MkIII bomber. He was the son of William and Agnes of Belfast. He is at rest in Ijsselmuiden general Cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands.

http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem29.htm

Robert Charles HANNA, Sergeant, Pilot, 816023, 245th Squadron, Royal Auxillary Air Force died of wounds 3rd September 1940 aged 23. He was the son of Robert and Mary of Belfast. He is at rest in Knockbreda Cemetery, Belfast Northern Ireland.


G JACKSON (It may be the following person) George Balfour Sydney JACKSON, Leading Airman, FAA/FX 80569, of Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Daedalus (Shore Base). He was killed on died 17th January 1941 aged 19. He was a passenger on steam passenger ship Almeda Star. The ship was sunk with the loss of all crew and passengers by U-Boat 96. He was the son of Sydney Herbert and Marjorie Sinclair Jackson of Belfast. He is commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial, Hampshire.

S A JONES (There are seven S A Jones listed with the CWGC WW2) All except the following, the records show either address of parents or wife. No Belfast connection is shown. The following listing had no parents etc noted.
Corporal T/126631, Sydney A JONES, Royal Army Service Corps died 24th February 1944. He is at rest in Naples War cemetery, Italy.

Herbert Mason JORDAN, Leading Seaman D/J19351, Royal Navy on H.M.S. Dorsetshire died 5th April 1942 aged 46. He was the husband of Lilian Gertrude of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.

Frederick Allen KENNEDY, Gunner 1468556, 9th Battery, 3rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery died between 29th and 30th May 1940 aged 30 . He was the son of John and Annie K and was the husband of Eveline of Woolton, Liverpool. He is at rest in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Nord France.

J S KENNEDY. There are several J.S.Kenndys listed for WW2 with the CWGC, but none show any connection with Belfast or Northern Ireland, however it may well be this person - Fusilier 6982911 James KENNEDY, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers died at sea on the 23rd March 1941 aged 22. He was the son of John and Susannah and husband of Martha of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.

John Calvert KINNIN, Corporal 7012389, 2nd Royal Ulster Rifles died 17th February 1942 aged 27. He was the son of Isaac and Emily of Belfast. He is at rest in Carnmoney Cemetery, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

David Henry LANDA, Able Seaman D/SSX 16190 Royal Navy of H.M.S. Glorious, died at sea on the 8th June 1940 aged 23. He was the son of Jacob and Ena nee McGavock of (in 1911) 4, Adele Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.



West Stewart MASON, Sergeant, Air Gunner 1480500, 103rd Squadron, Royal Air Force died 15th October 1942 aged 26. He was the son of John Stewart and Isabella Mason of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His father, in 1911 was living with his parents at 8, Kimberley Street, Ormeau Road, Belfast. He is at rest in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany.


Reginald Norman MORGAN, Captain 176458, 1st Airborne Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles died 7th June 1944 aged 31 at Normandy, France. He was the son of Richard and Emily of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is at rest in Bayeux War Cemetery, France

George Clare PETERS, Sergeant Air Bomber 657052, 51st Squadron, Royal Air Force (VR) died 27th April 1943 aged 32. He was born in Scarriff, County Clare to Richard and Catherine Peters of Belfast. In 1911 he was living with his parents and siblings at the Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks (Police Station) Quin Town, his father was a Police Sergeant. He is rest in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany.

Robert George POLLY, Assistant Storekeeper, Merchant Navy, Naval Auxillary Personnel, on H.M.S. Foylebank which was bombed in Portland Harbour on the 4th July 1940. He is commemorated on the Liverpool Naval Memorial, Lancashire.

Joseph Edward Gough QUINN (MC), Chaplain 4th Class, 91404, Royal Army Chaplains' Department died 23rd September 1943 aged 29. He was the son of the Revd. Chancellor James Quinn, R.U.I., B.A., and Muriel A. M. Quinn, of St. Jude's Rectory, Belfast. M.A. (Oxon.), Exhibitioner of Shrewsbury School and Scholar of Christ Church. Lecturer in Honours Schools of Theology and of Modern History, Chaplain of St. Peter's Hall. He is at rest in Salerno War Cemetery, Italy.
http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/memorials/WW2/joseph-quinn

Thompson Baird QUINN, Sub Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Rawalpindi, died 23rd November 1939 aged 23. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Jane of 72 Ravenhill Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland. London Gazette dated 28th June 1946 -
For good services while serving in H.M.S. RAWALPINDI, sunk in action against a greatly superior German force, on 29th November, 1939: Posthumous Mention in Despatches.
He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.

Arthur Francis SCAMMELL, Staff Sergeant, Armourer, 7582888, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 15th July 1941 aged 31. He was born in Kent in 1910 to Francis William and Alice Maude Scammell, of Rosetta, Belfast, Northern Ireland and husband of Minnie Scammell of 8, Hardcastle Street, Belfast. In 1911 he was living with his parents in Egypt. Military 1911 census. He is at rest in Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria.

Frederick Eustace STRONGE, Pilot Officer 79997, Royal Air Force (VR) died 23rd October 1940 aged 32. He was the son of James Taylor and Mary Helen Stronge and
husband of Mary.
He is at rest in Donaghadee Church of Ireland Churchyard, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends St John XV.13

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