Fred Bradley from Moy was lost in HM Submarine D5 in 1914. His is the sad distinction of being the first submariner from NI to be lost in the war. In 1917 William Boomer who emmigrated from Derriaghy near Lisburn and Frederick Leggatt from Belfast died as Gunners with Canadian Field Artillery in Belgium. Four former members of the North Irish Horse serving in Royal Irish Fusiliers. 9th Btn. Died in France. The record for Denis Kane who died in 1939 in a flying boat off Norway reflects his family’s interests from the governance of the Solomon Islands to the Orange Order. On this Day in 1943 and the Roll of Honour reflect the cost the Irish Brigade was paying in the liberation of Italy. Captain Percy Hamilton wrote on the day, “The Skins did magnificently but they lost some outstanding chaps”. Today’s Roll concludes with the third part of the Roll of Honour of the Royal Naval Division in WW1, many of whom fought in Gallipoli and Europe.
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