On this day in 1943 the British Eighth Army entered the Lybian city of Tripoli exactly three months since they … More
Month: January 2021
January 22. Anzio. Roll of Honour
Company Serjeant-Major Scott of the Royal Irish Rifles, 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. kept a diary during the Great War. One … More
January 21. Sir Norman Stronge. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1981, 86 year old veteran, Captain, The Right Honourable, Sir Norman Stronge, Bt PC MC HML, … More
January 20. Local journalism. Roll of Honour
Local journalists have left insights of two servicemen in today’s Roll. On this day in 1916 a Ballymoney paper recorded … More
January 19. Italy Battle Honour for Inniskillings. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll inludes accounts of former Inst student Ralph Ireland a young RN officer lost in heavy seas in WW1; … More
January 18 – Lurgan pilot dies in USA. Roll of Honour
Twenty year old Robert Lawther from Lurgan died this day in 1943 in an aircraft accident whilst undergoing pilot training … More
January 17. Ship losses and Colditz. Roll of Honour
John Carr of the Royal Naval Air Service was lost on a ship taking him to a new post in … More
January 16 – Last Post service at Ypres. Roll of Honour
Each evening the Last Post is sounded at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres. We celebrate 20 years of voluntary … More
