Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the final successful attack involving 38 (Irish) Brigade on Monte Cassino in…
May 11. Derry sub hunter’s record. NI Horse wins Canadian honour at Cassino. Roll of Honour.
On this day in 1940 RNR Commander William Brown Piggot from Londonderry had his first major success as a U-boat…
May 10. Invasion of Holland. Westminster parliament bombed. Roll of Honour
The first airborne operation in history took place this day in 1940 when Germany invaded the Netherlands. A year later…
May 9. Battle of Aubers Ridge 1915. Roll of Honour
The WW1 Roll today is dominated by The Battle of Aubers Ridge in 1915. Ten who fell there are remembered…
May 8. VE Day. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1915 17,000 troops recruited in NI paraded through Belfast. In 1916 four NI men in the…
May 7. Final day of WW2 in Europe. Lusitania sinking WW1. Roll of Honour
This is the anniversary of the 1945 cessation of war in Europe. The German Chief-of-Staff, General Jodl, signed Germany’s unconditional…
May 6. Memorials to the global service of NI men in WW2. Roll of Honour
John Bew from Carrickfergus, William Bunting from Lurgan, and David McGowan from Newry, serving with the Royal Naval Division fell…
May 5. German U-boat shells Portballintrae. Roll of Honour
In 1918, a German submarine U-boat (U9) surfaced off Portballintrae and shelled the village attempting to hit SS Wheatear, an…