LARNE WORLD WAR TWO MISSING NAMES OF THE FALLEN PROJECT

Background

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has launched a public call for additional names for Larne’s War Memorial located at Church Road, Larne.

The public call is the next phase of a Council search for any additional names of Larne Urban and Rural District’s Fallen that can be identified and verified.  After being fully collated and approved by Council, these names will be inscribed on or next to the present Memorial in an appropriate manner.

History Hub Ulster has been working with Council and has identified XXX additional names that fall into the criteria listed below.

Consultation

Between 7 April – 2 May 2025 Mid and East Antrim Borough Council are inviting the public to examine the list of names provided below (these include those currently named on the Memorial and those newly identified) and advise us if there are any other names that should be considered for inclusion.  This consultation deals only with the ‘Fallen’ and is NOT a collection of names for a ‘Roll of Honour’.

The current names on the War Memorial can be viewed HERE.

The list of XXX additional names can be viewed HERE.

Set Criteria

For a name to be considered for inclusion it must meet all of the agreed selection criteria below.

  • Those born within the former Larne Urban or Rural District or had residency within both District’s boundaries, who died in action or subsequent to war service. 

A  list of townlands in Larne Urban and Rural District can be viewed HERE. 

A map can be viewed HERE.

  • Following guidelines adhered to by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission all names will be verified for death in service or subsequent to service within the time period of September 3, 1939 until December 31, 1947.

It should be noted that the names of people who died after being discharged from the armed forces can be submitted if the death was connected with war service and if the person is commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) database.  This link can be used to check the CWGC database – www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/

Should you or your group consider, after looking at the set criteria and the Fallen list, that a war fatality is missing from this list, and you wish them to be considered for inclusion on (or an additional memorial adjacent to) the War Memorial, please complete THIS FORM with as much detail as you can.  This will enable History Hub Ulster to verify the name supplied.

Direct Submission to Council

If you would prefer to contact Council directly to submit your proposal or for further information please email braidmuseum@midandeastantrim.gov.uk or telephone 028 2563 5027.

Verification Sources

Depending on the level and quality of the information provided by members of the public when submitting names the following primary sources will be used, but not restricted to, verifying whether the names put forward during the public consultation process satisfy the specified criteria:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Civil Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths;

British Newspaper Archives;

Update Sources

 

Privacy Policy

Your personal information will be shared between History Hub Ulster and Mid and East Antrim Borough Council and will be used solely by us for the purpose of verifying the historical data provided and only used with your consent.  Mid and East Antrim Council’s privacy policy can be viewed here:  https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/privacy-notice

Please be aware that by providing us with the military personal information you are consenting for this data to be held and used, not only for the purpose set out above, but in future Mid and East Antrim Borough Council publications, websites, presentations or other projects associated with the Second World War.