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Month: August 2020

August 31 – Caroline WRNS sang soprano and tuned depth charges. Roll of Honour

Remembering on her birthday Rebecca McCabe of HMS Caroline. In WW2 she sang soprano and tuned depth charges. Samuel McGuigan … More

HMS Caroline, QUB, RAMC, Rebecca McCabe, Sir John Campbell

August 30 – Telegraph Editor and RN Reservist key man in Churchill’s staff. Roll of Honour

We remember John E Sayers, HMS Caroline reservist, a survivor of HMS Courageous, and a key player in Winston Churchill’s … More

Belfast Telegraph, Churchill, John E Sayers, Map Room

August 29 – Peacetime tragic death of heroic WW1 medical officer. Roll of Honour

Dr. Samuel Picken was twice recognised for devotion and courage in WW1. He drowned swimming at Castlerock. CSM Robert Whelan … More

Picken, RAMC

August 28 – Bangor Commando doctor killed on Dieppe raid. Roll of Honour

Samuel Corry, a doctor with a Commando, was recognised for his service in raids on Norway. He died in the … More

Australia Memorial, Bangor, Commando, Dieppe, Gallipoli, HMS Hecla, Samuel Corry

August 27 – Belfast tourist attraction was a troop ship. Roll of Honour

Featuring the Nomadic troopship and the Derry Inniskillings war drum. Today’s Roll is province-wide: men from Ballymena, Doagh, Lisburn, Randalstown, … More

Derry drum, Japanese POW, Nomadic, Singapore

August 26 – Jimmy Hughes, Gunner and RBL stalwart. Belfast surgeon’s son won VC. Roll of Honour

Remembered today – George Wheeler WW1 VC and 14 men who died in Europe in WW1. In WW2, three Gunners … More

HMS Caroline, Jimmy Hughes, Taggart, VC

August 25. This day in 1944, Allied forces liberate Paris after 4 years of German occupation. Roll of Honour

Today’s record includes a lecturer at Queen’s killed in 1914, 4 RAF fatalities in WW2 who reflect the war over … More

August 25, Mons retreat, Paris liberation, QUB, submariner

August 24 – Eisenhower tributes to Ulster’s 3 Field Marshals in NI visit. Roll of Honour

Four RN men died in ship losses in 1916 and 1940. William Adrian from Ballyclare, a former QUB Training Corps … More

Airborne, Eisenhower., FAA, Royal Ulster Rifles

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