The Menin Gate Memorial marks the route which thousands of NI men marched on their way to the front. Here…
June 22. Dunkirk Gunner who joined the RAF. Roll of Honour
June 22 – Gunner Ernie Harwood escaped Dunkirk in a fishing boat in 1940 and joined RAF. On this day…
June 21. DCM for WW1 Ballymena Gunner. Roll of Honour
A Ballymena Gunner was awarded the DCM in 1916. Henry McGowan from Portstewart died in WW1 serving with RMLI –…
June 20. Brothers in arms – Buchanans of Derry; Tyrrells of Belfast. Roll of Honour
Brothers in arms – the Buchanans of Derry; the Tyrrells of Belfast. Three died in WW1. In 1941 William Houston…
June 19. Belfast RAF man’s year with Belgian underground. Roll of Honour
After crash landing in Belgium, Belfast RAF man, Walter Berry, stayed from May 44 until liberation with the underground. In…
June 18. A Banker Gunner’s war. Fermanagh’s Airborne D-Day Padres. Roll of Honour
During WW2 George Johnston left the Ulster Bank in Dungannon, serving in Egypt, Italy and Greece with the Gunners. Two…
June 17. From Rifleman to RSM of RUR via Ranville, Ardennes, and Korea. Roll of Honour
In today’s Roll are remembered John Irvine from Ligoniel and John Murphy from Cookstown, both of the Pioneer Corps, who…
June 16. Future lawyer and policeman on D-Day. Roll of Honour
This day in 1915 William Cotter from Aughnacloy and Belfast was injured serving with the Royal Irish Rifles. He refused…
