March 6. Antrim man was army’s top medic. Roll of Honour

This day in 1915 pub owners in Lurgan stated they would decline to serve soldiers in uniform with liquor in … More

March 5. Barossa Day in WW2. Roll of Honour

On March 5, 1881, Irish infantry captured a Napoleonic Eagle standard at the Battle of Barossa. Depite hard fighting in … More

March 4. Royal Marine first Belfast casualty at Gallipoli. Roll of Honour

James Scott a Royal Marine was probably the first man from Belfast to lose his life at Gallipoli in 1915. … More

March 3. Inniskilling veteran’s service to NI Commonwealth Games Council. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll of Honour includes the records of a Belfast officer William Lyons who was adjutant of the Royal Welsh … More

March 2. With the Gurkha Rifles at Cassino. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll records the deaths of two members of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. One from Lisburn died in the … More

March 01. Poetry loving tank commander. A Coleraine romance. Roll of Honour

William Cross was one of the significant number of NI men who served with forces from the British Empire in … More

February 28/29. Limavady-based Belfast men in aircraft crash. Roll of Honour

Remembered today is James McAllister a naval doctor from Islandmagee and QUB who was awarded a DSO for his service … More

February 27. NI navy men in Battle of Java Sea. Roll of Honour

John McGuckin from Cookstown, Thomas Graham, and William Hagan from Belfast were lost in HMS Jupiter in 1942 in the … More