This day in 1942 Billy Stephens was taken prisoner during Operation Chariot, the raid on St Nazaire. He was one…
March 27. Last day of 36th Ulster Division. WW2 Naval airman cheats death. Roll of Honour
In 1943 aircraft carrier HMS Dasher (photo) caught fire and exploded. It was the Roya Navy’s second largest catastrophe in…
March 26. Whippet tanks released against German Spring Offensive. Roll of Honour
Six sons of the Thompson famiy of Gobnascale House, Londonderry served in WW1. William who died this day in 1918…
March 25. Kaiserschlacht WW1. Operation Varsity WW2. Roll of Honour
Dungannon born John Tackaberry was serving as the medical officer with the 31st Punjabi Regiment when he died from cerebral-spinal…
March 24. Royal Ulster Rifles airborne role in Operation Varsity – crossing the Rhine. Roll of Honour
On 24th March 1945, 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles took part in Operation Varsity. The operation was the largest airborne…
March 23. Admiral McClintock of Ballycarry; Fusilier Morrow of Fivemiletown. Roll of Honour
Admiral John McClintock of Ballycarry retired on this day in 1929, completing 55 years service including four years continuous sea…
March 22. Courageous Derry NCO. Coleraine Gunner’s Italian travels. Roll of Honour
Sergeant James Henry Jackson, M.M. and Bar, from Londonderry died serving with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, resisting the 1918 German…
March 21. VC won in last major German offensive of WW1. Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour today is dominated by the records of some of those who fell in the fallback from…