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.