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Month: November 2020

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 … More

HMS Vanguard

November 29. TB claimed Ballycastle WW1 hero. Portadown Desert Rat. Roll of Honour

Ballycastle Rifleman Frank McClarty’s service in WW1 was recognised by the UK and Belgian authorities. He fell victim to TB … More

Armagh, Ballycastle, Gregg, Liggett, Portadown

November 28. Brook Purdon army medicine and rugby. Roll of Honour

Major General William Brook Purdon’s distinctive career. In today’s Roll – James Taylor, a Royal Artillery gunner from Ballymoney serving … More

Brook Purdon, VC

November 27. St. Symphorien received first and last WW1 UK fatalities. Roll of Honour

The first and last British casualties of WW1 were buried at St Symphorien Military Cemetery near Mons where there are … More

St Symphorien Cemetery

November 26. HMS Bulwark. Sir William Thompson. Roll of Honour

At least five men from NI died when HMS Bulwark exploded near Sheerness in 1914. Alexander Montagu from Cromore, Portstewart … More

HMS Bulwark, Montagu, QUB, Sir William Thompson

November 25 – HMS Barham. Thomas Sinclair. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1944, the battleship HMS Barham sank in the Mediterranean whilst taking part in an operation against … More

HMS Barham, Queen’s Services Club, Thomas Sinclair

November 24. HMS Dunedin. Midland Memorial. Roll of Honour

Belfast, Newry, Upperlands and Limavady were united in loss when the light cruiser HMS Dunedin was torpedoed in the South … More

Bangor, Bowman, HMS Dunedin, York Street railway station WM

November 23. Medical mother’s war service after son’s death. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll reflects hard times for the Inniskillings in the Munich Trench in 1916 and for the Royal Irish Rifles … More

Elizabeth G Bell, HMS Rawalpindi, Munich Trench

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