UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II:
UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Army Post Office (APO) Identifications (1)
| Identification |
APO Number |
Date Opened |
| Armagh |
NY 2 |
25 Oct 1943 |
| Ballymena |
NY 577 |
16 Dec 1943 |
| Bangor |
NY 153 |
21 Jan 1944 |
| Belfast |
NY 813 |
21 Jan 1942 |
| Bryansford |
NY 5 |
8 Nov 1943 |
| Castle Dawson |
NY 469 |
12 Dec 1943 |
| Castle Dawson |
NY 441 |
5 Apr 1944 |
| Castlewellan |
NY 251 |
May 1942 |
| Cluntoe |
NY 128 |
23 Apr 1944 |
| Coleraine |
NY 129 |
29 Jan 1944 |
| Irvinestown |
NY 147 |
23 Feb 1944 |
| Kirkassock House |
NY 639 |
16 Sep 1942 |
| Langford Lodge |
NY 132 |
17 Mar 1944 |
| Langford Lodge |
NY 636 |
16 Oct 1942 |
| Limavady |
NY 131 |
Nov 1944 |
| Londonderry |
NY 641 |
23 Jul 1942 |
| Lurgan |
NY 305 |
22 May 42 |
| Lurgan |
NY 436 |
4 Feb 1944 |
| Newcastle |
NY 5 |
Dec 1943 |
| Omagh |
NY 34 |
Mar 1943 |
| Omagh |
NY 8 |
23 Dec 1943 |
| Toome |
NY 146 |
4 Feb 1944 |
| Identification |
UNIT APOs (2) |
| V Corps |
|
| XV Corps |
|
| 1st Armored Division |
|
| 2d Infantry Division |
APO 2 |
| 5th Infantry Division |
|
| 8th Infantry Division |
APO 8 |
| 34th Infantry Division |
|
| 82d Airborne Division |
APO 439 |
(1) SOURCE: Consolidated listing of Army Post Offices established
during World War II prepared by Adjutant General's Office in 1947; copy on file
in library, US Army Center of Military History.
(2) Divisions and larger tactical organizations maintained a single APO
during World War II which moved with the units.