CWGC - UK leaflet - 2023 - Northern Ireland

VISIT OUR HISTORIC SITES OF REMEMBRANCE
DISCOVER CEMETERIES
AND MEMORIALS ACROSS
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTHERN
IRELAND
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WAR GRAVES IN
NORTHERN IRELAND
BELFAST CITY CEMETERY
During both World Wars Belfast was an important
hub of military activity. The port was busy with
Merchant Navy and Royal Navy ships, and it was
from here that many service personnel left Ireland
to serve overseas. Many of the service burials in
this cemetery were made by local people who
chose to lay their fallen loved one to rest here.
Other burials came from one of several military
hospitals which were established in the city.
Today, this is the final resting place of almost 600
Commonwealth service personnel, the largest
number in Northern Ireland.
511 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6DE
LONDONDERRY (DERRY) CITY CEMETERY
Opened in 1853, this large Victorian cemetery is the
final resting place of almost 200 Commonwealth
service personnel who died during the World Wars.
Many of these men and women were laid to rest
here by their families who lived locally. Others died
in military hospitals that were established in the city
during both conflicts, or while based nearby at Royal
Air Force airbases during the Second World War.
Lone Moor Road, Londonderry, BT48 2LA
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COUNTY
FERMANAGH
ENNISKILLEN
COUNTY
TYRONE
OMAGH
COUNTY
LONDONDERRY
ARMAGH
COUNTY
ARMAGH
Just one burial was made here during the First
World War, but during the Second World War the
nearby waters of Lough Erne became a Royal Air
Force Flying Boat training centre. A service plot
was established in this churchyard and more than
70 Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force
personnel were laid to rest here.
COUNTY
ANTRIM
BELFAST
COUNTY
DOWN
IRVINESTOWN CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD
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26 Church Street, Irvinestown, Enniskillen, BT94 1EH
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During both World Wars, men and women from
across what is today the Republic of Ireland and
Northern Ireland served with distinction in the
British and Commonwealth armed forces and
many made the ultimate sacrifice. They served
in almost every theatre of both wars on land, at
sea and in the air. Some served in Irish regiments
of the British Army, such as the Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles, and Connaught
Rangers, while others served with the Royal Navy,
Royal Air Force, and other auxiliary formations.
As with Great Britain, the Northern Ireland based
families of those service personnel who died in
Northern Ireland were able to lay their relative to
rest where they wished, unlike men and women
who died overseas. As such, today you will find war
graves in many local churchyards and cemeteries
in Northern Ireland, with most containing less
than five Commonwealth burials.
Men of the Ulster Division celebrate their victory at
Messines in Belgium, June 1917. © IWM Q 5495