February 12. Belfast WRNS and ‘The Cruel Sea’. Roll of Honour

Two women are among the WW2 fatalities for 1944. Army nurse Beatrice Dowling from Bessbrook died in England. Ethel Hunter, … More

February 11. From Dungannon to Dieppe. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1940 Serjeant James McCrae from Dungannon, serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, died at Dieppe. In … More

Photo – In Boulogne War Cemetery in Normandy many of the gravestones are laid flat due to the sandy soil. … More

Photo – Mill Road Cemetery with the Ulster Tower, Connaught Cemetery and Thiepval Wood in the distance. Those in today’s … More

Photo – Winter sun at Ecoust-Saint-Mein Military Cemetery. On this day in 1917 Alex Caldwell from Londonderry was lost when … More

Four Ards men were killed in action together on this day in 1916. James Calvert, David McConnell, Charles Newell and John … More

A real-life love story features in today’s Veterans Roll. Joan Casement from Ballycastle, serving as an officer in the WRNS, … More

In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More