Part of the Great Wars Trail
Located on Castle Street in Newtownards town centre, Court Square homes a memorial stone that remembers the 13 young soldiers (one aged just 16) from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers that died during the night of 14/15 April 1941 when the Luftwaffe bombed the centre of the Belfast City/shipbuilding areas and dropped land mines on Newtownards airfield. Whilst the soldiers were too young for active service overseas they were given the responsibility for defending the airfield.
Photo credit - ''The Second World War in Northern Ireland'. - Unveiling of the Memorial to 13 Young Soldiers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who were killed in an Air Raid on Newtownards Airfield.
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