Edgar James Bernard Buchanan, DSO, and his younger brother Richard Brendan Buchanan were from Londonderry. Edgar became an engineer and Richard a doctor. Edgar survived the war. Richard was killed on 20th June 1915 while in a support trench and was buried on a cliff overlooking “Lancashire Landing”, one of the beaches on Cape Helles. Two brothers from Belfast were amongst the select group of airmen who died in the First World War. Alexander and Marcus Tyrrell were educated at Inst. Alexander was killed, at the age of 19, while flying his Fouquerolles SE5a biplane. He was brought down by enemy machine gun fire from the trenches. Marcus was killed on 20th June 1918, aged 23, during the course of an attempt to bring his aircraft back to the aerodrome after he had been shot. Both brothers are remembered on Bangor WM, RBAI WM, and QUB WM. In 1941 William Houston of Ballynure was lost in HM Submarine Umpire nine days after her commissioning. William Delaney from Ballycarry fell serving with the New Zealand Army in Lebanon in 1942. The funeral of Bombardier Edward Martin took place with full military honours, the coffin carried on a gun carriage to Bangor cemetery in 1945. Photo – Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, where a Buchanan brother is remembered, holds the remains of 1,237 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War. For today’s report, click here –
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