May 23. Bob Wright – from Sandy Row to Dunkirk and Burma. Roll of Honour

The Roll for 1915 includes the names of four who died at Gallipoli. Three were Derry men with the Royal … More

May 22. 17 from NI lost in sinking of the Mighty G, HMS Gloucester. Roll of Honour.

Seventeen Naval personnel from throughout NI died in HMS Gloucester when ‘the Fighting G’ was dive-bombed following the German airborne … More

Geoffrey and Eric Bowman from Bangor were both lost flying with RAFVR in WW2. In 1941 William O’Neill from Limavady … More

Roland Bradley, North Irish Horse and Royal Flying Corps was one of four brothers from Moy who served in WW1. … More

Newry-born Francis Joseph McMahon recounts life with the NIH in WW1 and his journey to Egypt with their horses when … More

On this day in 1944, Allied forces captured Monte Cassino, Italy, after 123 days of heavy fighting. 55,000 Allied troops … More

Flight Sergeant Richard “Dickie” Bolitho who was born in Londonderry in 1920 was a casualty in the Dambusters’ Operation Chastise … More

In 1915 at Festubert 265 Inniskillings died and 390 were injured in a hard fought battle. The Roll of Honour … More