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Month: December 2020

December 31. Internal explosion sinks HMS Natal. Roll of Honour

During the afternoon of the 30th December 1915, HMS Natal, under the command of Captain Eric Back, blew up at … More

December 30. Ni men served on highjacked spyship. Roll of Honour

Two Royal Marines and a naval officer were lost when the WW2 spyship HMS Felicity was sunk. One of the … More

40 Commando, General Montgomery, HMS Felicity, Royal Marines, T Company

December 29. International rugby players in WW1. Roll of Honour

On the first day of 1912 Ireland played France at rugby in Paris. When Irish internationals Alfred Squire Taylor, William … More

Internationals, Rugby

December 28. Tournai Communal Cemetery. Roll of Honour

Chief Petty officer Thomas McLaughlin who had family links with Coleraine died serving in the Royal Naval Division at Achi … More

Coleraine, Gallipoli, HM Tug St Issey

December 27. NI service in Canadian forces. Roll of Honour

The Vimy Ridge Memorial is Canada’s largest monument outside the country. NI men served in Canadian forces in both World … More

Canada, Vimy Ridge

December 26. Yachtsman from RNIYC and HMS Caroline lost. Roll of Honour

Walter Edmenson, a Naval Reserve officer from HMS Caroline, who was a member of Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, … More

HMS Duke of York, North Cape, RNIYC, Scharnhorst

December 25. Ulstermen honoured by the USA. Roll of Honour

Lurgan born Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill became Churchill’s military ambassador to the USA. An equestrian statue in his … More

Dill, Harbison, USA

December 24. Two exceptional women. Roll of Honour

We remember Ruth Dickson and Frances Mayne. Ruth from Eglish served as a nurse in WW1. In 1923, she became … More

Bletchley, Enigma, Nursing

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