March 31. Last fatality of RFC. RAF’s most costly raid. Roll of Honour

This day in 1918 James Donnelly from Ballintoy and Belfast died. He was possibly the last member of the Royal … More

March 30. The last NIH horse man. Coleraine medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

Ham British Cemetery (photo) contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Amongst the graves are those … More

Many from NI who died in the 1918 German offensive and whose graves are unknown are named on the Pozières … More

This day in 1942 Billy Stephens was taken prisoner during Operation Chariot, the raid on St Nazaire. He was one … More

In 1943 aircraft carrier HMS Dasher (photo) caught fire and exploded. It was the Roya Navy’s second largest catastrophe in … More

Six sons of the Thompson famiy of Gobnascale House, Londonderry served in WW1. William who died this day in 1918 … More

Dungannon born John Tackaberry was serving as the medical officer with the 31st Punjabi Regiment when he died from cerebral-spinal … More

On 24th March 1945, 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles took part in Operation Varsity. The operation was the largest airborne … More