Atlantic Avenue, Belfast

Atlantic Avenue off Antrim Road in North Belfast was a scene of death and destruction following the Luftwaffe attack on the city on Easter Tuesday 1941.

Casualties of the Belfast Blitz

The following died here as a result of enemy action during the Belfast Blitz.

Phyllis Irene Beggs

16th April 1941

Phyllis Irene Beggs was 22 years old when the Luftwaffe attacked Belfast. She died during the Easter Raid at Atlantic Avenue a short distance from her home.

The Atlantic Avenue Shelter

The following died here as a result of enemy action during the Belfast Blitz.

Jessie Boyd

16th April 1941

Jessie Boyd of Upper Meadow Street in North Belfast died at a Public Air Raid Shelter in Atlantic Avenue, Belfast on the night of 15th-16th April 1941.