Emma Duffin who served as a VAD Nurse in both world wars is remembered today. She served in WW1 military … More
Month: January 2023
January 30. Newfoundland Escort Force Bell. Roll of Honour
The Newfoundland Escort Force Bell honours the sacrifices made protecting merchant convoys during World War II. Three bells were commissioned … More
January 29. Anzio sinking survivor’s Sunday date. Roll of Honour
Albert Kirkpatrick survived the sinking of HMS Spartan off Anzio. He kept an interesting weekly date at St Columb’s Cathedral, … More
January 28. McCrae,the poet of remembrance. Ballymena and The Great Escape. Roll of Honour
The writer of “In Flanders fields the poppies grow”, the most famous poem of WW1, died on this day in … More
January 27. Inniskilling Fusiliers losses in both wars this day. Roll of Honour
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day – On this day in 1943 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. By … More
January 26. Australia Day. Son of Belfast shipyard founder. First US troops deploy in WW2. Roll of Honour
The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux is a memorial to 62,000 Australian personnel who died during the First World War … More
January 25. Queen’s female medical trailblazer. HMS Laurentic lost off Swilly. Roll of Honour
Isabel Addley Tate is the only woman to be named on the Queen’s University War Memorial. Isobel Addey Tate lived … More
January 24. Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill. Roll of Honour
In 1917 Sub-Lieutenant Ian McCormick fell serving with the Royal Naval Division at Beaumont Hamel on the Somme. The twenty-one-year-old … More
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