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8th Belfast H.A.A. Regt.
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Sergeant William Adrain - Diary and Biography
D. J. Bailie - War Diary and Photographs
Colonel Wm. N. Brann
Sgt. Thomas Herbert Coulter (Herbie)
Jimmy Cunningham's Private Army Comes Home
L/Sgt. Bertie Goodwin
Gunner Harry Grist
2/Lt. William George Hales
Gunner Herbert Hanley
Ken Heath
Bdr. William (Buttons) Hunter
Irvine Brothers 23rd Battery
Bdr. J. C. Irvine 23rd Battery
Bdr. Thomas Henderson Kane
Tommy and Albert Kinnon 21st and 23rd Bty.
Gnr. Jim Lennon's War Records - Photos
Sgt. Joseph Harold Lynn (aka Harry-Joe)
Matchett Brothers 23rd Battery
L/Bdr. Harry Joseph Mawhinney 22nd Battery
Gunner Thomas Mercer 21st Battery
Jimmy McKittrick
Bdr. Thomas McLaughlin
Colonel Harry Porter
Sgt. Billy Wilson 23rd Battery
Sidney Ernest Wright - Diary & Photographs
NOMINAL ROLLS, etc.
N-O-K- Dec'd Personnel 21/22/23 Hy.A.A.
Posted/Repatriated from 23 Hy.A.A.
List of Additional Soldiers
List of names, no addresses 23rd Bty.
Memorial Service Book (list of names) B Troop
22nd Bty. Memorial Brochure names, addresses
23rd Bty. Memorial Brochure names, addresses
RHQ/REME Memorial Brochure, addresses
Nominal Roll 21st Bty. all ranks
Nominal Roll 22nd Bty. all ranks
Nominal Roll 23rd Bty. all ranks
8th Belfast HAA Nominal Roll 21st Battery
8th Belfast HAA Nominal Roll 22nd Battery
8th Belfast HAA Nominal Roll 23rd Battery
Alterations & Additions to Nom. Rolls 23rd
RHQ / REME Nominal Rolls
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Assorted Clippings 1 Assorted Clippings 2
Correspondence
SEAC March 1944
Photographs
Sport & Small Groups
8th Belfast Band
Individuals & Friends
Large Group Pictures
Donated Photos
8th Belfast Band items
Documents * Items
MEMORABILIA
Old Comrades Section
Burma Star Luncheon 2009
St. Annes and Lansdowne Court Hotel Laying-up of Burma Star Standard 3rd October 2010
Misc.
Obituaries * Memorials * Changi Prison Chapel
8th Belfast HAA Historyby Colonel Murray Barnes, OBE , TD.
A short History of The 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (Supplementary Reserve)by Harry Porter
Poems
Dean Houston McKelvey's Sermon3rd October 2010
Extract from Coralie Kinahan's book'Behind Every Great Man'"Robin's War"
Video Page
Harry Porters film of the Twelve Mile Snipers(in 3 parts)
Burma Star Luncheon
The Last Parade
and more....
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other WW2 stories
Cpl. William F. Davison
Belfast Telegraph Tuesday June, 6, 1944 Invasion
I'll be adding more photos as they come in and also adding names - Mary
Service at St. Anne's Cathedral for the Laying-Up of the Burma Star N.I. Standard and afterwards at The Lansdowne Court Hotel 3rd October 2010
Dean Houston McKelvey's Sermon
Bill Lemon, left and with Ann Hijazi above
Alec Dalton BSA (RN) and Joan Preston
Jim Lennon - Tommy Dickson - Maureen Dunne
Jim McCall, BSA (RN Prince of Wales/POW)
Herbert Thomas Coulter