Along the French coast of the English Channel, west of Boulogne, there is a series of large War Grave Cemeteries … More
Author: Watchkeeper
October 18 – HMS Broadwater. Potijze Chateau Cemetery. Roll of Honour
Three NI infanteers are in today’s Roll for 1916 – Dennis Dillon, Thomas Pollard from Randalstown and James Watson from … 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. Funerals in Belfast from HMS Otranto disaster at Islay. Roll of Honour
Edwin Edmonds from Belfast serving in the Royal Navy perished in HMS Otranto on this date in 1918. Hundreds of … More
October 15. HMS Hawke, NI’s greatest naval loss. Roll of Honour
October 15 – One of the greatest single losses to Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland occurred on the 15th … More
October 14. Battleship sunk in UK’s safest anchorage. Roll of Honour
HRH Princess Royal at the location where seven men from Northern Ireland died on this day in 1939 when the … More
October 13. First Ulster Division fatality. Belfast Gunners costly defence of London. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1915 Rifleman John Hanna from Whitehouse was wounded and brought in by the enemy, sadly he … More
October 12. Newry woman tried with Edith Cavell. Roll of Honour.
On the anniversary of the execution of British nurse Edith Cavell by the Germans we recall Ada Bodart, the Newry … More
