| Samuel David Wylie was the son of Joseph and Susan Wylie. He was born about 1922.
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| Samuel David Wylie was the husband of Jeannie Wylie.
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| Samuel joined up before the outbreak of war and had served in India, Iraq and France.
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| On 10th July 1943, following the successful conclusion of the north African campaign in mid May, a combined allied force of 160,000 Commonwealth and American troops invaded Sicily as a prelude to the assault on mainland Italy.
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| Many died in the heavy fighting just short of Catania (the town was taken on 5th August) and in the battle for the Simeto river bridgehead.
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| Fusilier Samuel David Wylie was serving with the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Sicily when he died of wounds in Sicily on the 19th July 1943, age 21.
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| Fusilier Samuel David Wylie is buried in Catania War Cemetery, Sicily.
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| Fusilier Samuel David Wylie is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial and on the WW2 stained glass window in St Anne’s Church of Ireland, Dungannon. He is also commemorated on Moy War Memorial.
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| Two of Samuel’s brothers and a sister also served. Thomas Wylie served in France, Robert Wylie in the Royal Air Force and Daisy Wylie in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAFS).
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| The CWGC record Fusilier Samuel David Wylie as the son of Joseph and Susan Wylie. He is also recorded as the husband of Jeannie Wylie of Dungannon, County Tyrone
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| Many thanks to Kenny Farquhar, whose research was instrumental to this information.
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