BACON, Charles FrederickRNR. Gunner. He volunteered for active service in the winter of 1915 (aged about 22 years), and ships…
December 8. Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914. Roll of Honour
Today in 1914 a Royal Navy squadron defeated a German force off the Falkland Islands. Charles Stuart from Ballymena was…
Royal Navy Roll of Honour WW1. A
HMS Bulwark ABBOTT, JamesRN. Leading Seaman. 217194. Boy service from 11/09/1901. Enrolled 05/12/1903 for 12 years. War service in Dartmouth,…
December 7. Anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Roll of Honour
In today’s Roll, the entries for Archie Kennedy from Belfast and Hugh McMullin of Clogher in 1915 reflect the cost…
December 6. Unknown Warrior – Irish chaplain’s key role. Roll of Honour
Joseph O’Neill from Magherafelt who fell on this day in 1915 was one of three brothers to die in WW1.…
December 5. Dunmurry Choir welcome returned Japanese POW. Roll of Honour
Today in 1945 the choir of Dunmurry Parish Church welcomed home their member Billy Coates who had been a Japanese…
December 4. North Irish Horsemen become Fusiliers. Limavady’s Arctic Star. Roll of Honour.
Robert Kerr from Derrygonnelly, Enniskillen, died this day in 1918, in a Hamburg hospital, after the Armistice which brought about…
December 3. Veteran WAAF became leading Irish Artist. Roll of Honour
On December 3 1914 Fred Bradley from Moy was one of the first NI submariners to go ‘on eternal patrol’…
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