James Beattie Jr. died alongside his father at their home on Tamar Street in East Belfast as Luftwaffe bombers attacked the area surrounding the shipyards.
Civilian James Beattie Jr. was a fatal casualty of the Belfast Blitz during the Second World War. He lived with his father James Beattie Sr. at 57 Tamar Street, Belfast at the time of the Luftwaffe attack on the city.
James Beattie Jr. died on 4th May 1941 aged 3 years old at 57 Tamar Street, Belfast. James Beattie Jr’s grave is with his father in Section B1, Grave 654 of Dundonald Cemetery, Dundonald, Co. Down. A funeral service took place on 8th May 1941.