Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery…
October 20. Last movements of 36th (Ulster) Division. Roll of Honour
On the night of the 19th & 20th October 1918, the Ulster Division crossed the Lys River. This would be…
October 19. Terlincthun and Canada Farm cemeteries. Roll of Honour
Seven NI men from three services represent those who died on this day. Featured are Terlincthun War Cemetery (photo) where…
October 18 – HMS Broadwater. Potijze Chateau Cemetery. Roll of Honour
Highlighted today is the loss in WW2 of three men from NI in HMS Broadwater, a former US destroyer. Read…
October 17 – Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery. Roll of Honour
In today’s Roll for WW1, Matthew Hagan from Coagh, a former North Irish Horse trooper who contracted malaria and died…
October 16 – Victims of 1918 HMS Otranto disaster at Islay buried in Belfast. Roll of Honour
Edwin Edmonds from Belfast serving in the Royal Navy perished in HMS Otranto on this date in 1918. Hundreds of…
October 15. HMS Hawke, NI’s greatest naval loss. Roll of Honour
One of the greatest single losses to Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland occurred on the 15th October 1914 when…
October 14 – Battleship sunk in UK’s safest anchorage. Roll of Honour
HRH Princess Royal at the location where seven men from Northern Ireland died on this day in 1939 when the…
