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
In 1914 Fred Bradley from Moy was one of the first NI submariners to go ‘on eternal patrol’ when Submarine…
December 2. Faughs five miles behind enemy lines. Roll of Honour
Today at four in the morning in Italy in 1943 Royal Irish Fusiliers were 5 miles behind enemy lines. Today’s…
December 1. The largest cemetery on the Somme. Roll of Honour
John Milliken from Ballysally, Coleraine, was born on this day in 1896. He signed on in the Royal Navy in…
November 30. HMS Vanguard last and largest RN Battleship launched. Roll of Honour
On This Day in 1944, the last and largest Royal Navy Battleship, and the last Battleship in the world was…
November 29. TB claimed Ballycastle WW1 hero. Portadown Desert Rat. CS Lewis. Roll of Honour
Ballycastle Rifleman Frank McClarty’s service in WW1 was recognised by the UK and Belgian authorities with the awards of the…
November 28. Brook Purdon, army medicine and rugby. Roll of Honour
Major General William Brook Purdon’s distinctive career covers rugby, medicine, war service and public service. He played rugby for Inst…
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