Two brothers are named on Holywood War Memorial. Lieutenant Theo Caldwell completed two year’s training with the QUB OTC. He … More
Month: October 2025
October 6. Inspirational acts of service. Roll of Honour
John Charles was a medical officer who was Mentioned in Dispatches and was awarded the Military Cross. He died on … More
October 5. From battlefied to pulpit. Roll of Honour
Photo – V Beach cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli. John MacKeown from Whitehead, a Second Lieutenant with the Connaught Rangers, was a … More
October 4. Gosford’s Fleet Air Arm link. Roll of Honour
Photo – A Fleet Air Arm Supermarine Seafire being refuelled by a petrol bowser at Yeovilton in September 1943. Today’s … More
October 3. Courage of Ballymoney sollicitor. Roll of Honour
James Greer, A Ballymoney sollicitor, serving as a Lieutenant in the Irish Guards, died this day in 1916. He had … More
October 2. Rifleman Stanley Burrows, RUR. Roll of Honour
An account of the remarkable service in war and peace of Rifleman Stanley Burrows. He saw service in the Belfast … More
October 1. 1,816 POWs lost in Japanese ship sinking. Roll of Honour
Fourteen remembered in today’s Roll rest in Dadizeele New British Cemetery (Photo), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They died this day in 1918 … More
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