WWII Death Notifications of Irish Soldiers

Doing some reasearch into Irish soldiers who fought in WW2 for the British and I was wondering if anyone had any links to information on how families of irish soldiers who fought and died in the British Navy were notified of deaths.

marcsignal

I interviewed a guy called Ron Black for the North Strand Bombing seminar last May whos brother was in the British Merchant Navy.

He told me that his family got what they called a lettergram every month. It just had a standard message which simply read 'I am safe, do not worry'

Ron's brother was sadly torpodoed by the Japanese in 1942 and the family recieved a Telegram/Lettergram from the British Navy informing them he was missing presumed dead.

chillywilly

As in the publican Ron Black?

marcsignal

chillywilly wrote: »

As in the publican Ron Black?

That was my first thought before I met him, but no, this guy lives in New Jersey now. He emigrated from Ireland in the late 50s. He's 81 years old this year.