Wimeruex Cemetery near Bologne where headstones are laid flat due to sandy soil along the coastal area. Graves include that … More
Month: October 2025
October 22. Tyne-Cot Memorial. Roll of Honour
Featured today is Tyne-Cot War Cemetery. It is the largest British military cemetery in the world. Its size and scale … More
October 21. Ulster Rifles and Artillery in liberation of Italy. Roll of Honour
Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery … More
October 20. Last movement of 36th (Ulster) Division. Kilrea born Royal Flying Corps pilot. Roll of Honour
There are ten members of the Royal Irish Rifles remembered in today’s Roll of Honour. On the night of the … More
October 19. Terlincthun and Canada Farm cemeteries. Roll of Honour
Sixteen NI men from the three services represent those who died on this day and are named in the Roll … More
October 18. HMS Broadwater. Potijze Chateau Cemetery. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1918 The Rev Theodore Hardy VC, DSO, MC died of his wounds received whilst visiting his … More
October 17. Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery. Roll of Honour
William Morton played hockey for Banbridge and Ireland. He died in 1916, hit by a shell when with a ration … More
October 16. Victims of 1918 HMS Otranto disaster at Islay buried in Belfast. Roll of Honour
Names and details of eight members of the Royal Irish Rifles are remembered on this date in today’s Roll of … More