Today’s Roll includes John Gray from Portstewart who died of wounds in Egypt in 1915 after service with Royal Marines … More
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June 2. True NI stories from Jutland and Messines Ridge. Roll of Honour.
NI Jutland stories – King George VI and a gunner from Portadown, A Mason’s memento, a survivor who died serving … More
June 1. Three NI officers at Jutland. Roll of Honour.
After the battle of Jutland, Commander Edward Bingham VC from Bangor, Captain Herbert Meade, DSO from Ballynahinch, and Commodore Frederic … More
May 31 – Battle of Jutland. Bangor VC. Nurse MM. Rolls of Honour
An overview of the Battle of Jutland in 1916 with Rolls of Honour for each ship in which NI men … More
May 30. NI Coastal Command ace honoured by RAF. Roll of Honour.
In May 2020 a new Poseidon was named for Ulsterman Terence Bulloch, the top U-boat hunter of WW2. Educated at … More
May 29. Dunkirk Memorial. Three Holywood brothers. Roll of Honour
Twenty-seven NI men named in today’s Roll fought and fell in the rearguard action to Dunkirk in 1940. As the … More
May 28. Dunkirk evacuations day 2. Roll of Honour.
Coleraine born Thomas Moody died in 1918 serving with New Zealand infantry and is named on his country’s Roll of … More
May 27. Two ships lost in 1915. Dunkirk defenders WW2. Bismarck sunk. Roll of Honour.
Of the 50 names in today’s Roll of Honour, 12 are Royal Navy losses in 1915 in Majestic off Gallipoli … More
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