Their graves are close by those of three RAF aircrew awarded the Victoria Cross

The night of 30/31st March 1944 was the worst in RAF history. 106 aircrew were lost.

An Air Gunner whose wife lived in Newtownards died serving with one of the better known RAF poets

One of his first operations was in the Vickers Wellington F for Freddie, which featured in a 1941 film. Jim Malley admitted he always felt afraid on operations.

Robert Turkington from Lurgan is amongst the foremost fighter pilots in WW2 from Northern Ireland.

38 Wellington bombers were lost in the Waddensea on the Netherlands coast. Men from Northern Ireland were amongst the crews lost.

Two Northern Ireland companies played the foremost role in the erection of the memorial which was unveiled by HM Queen Elizabeth in her Diamond Jubilee Year. Among the veterans present were John McFarland and Norman Allen from Northern Ireland who served and survived.