James Joseph Magennis/McGinnis VC Born 1919

#OnThisDay 1919 James Joseph Magennis VC was born in Belfast. Magennis was the only Victoria Cross recipient from Northern Ireland during WW2. However Magennis later fell on hard times & had to sell his VC but it was anonymously returned to him.

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