The Royal Ulster Rifles at Dunkirk

Bala Bredin’s recollections; How 338,000 Allied troops were saved in ‘miracle of deliverance’; 40 Facts about Dunkirk; The Dunkirk Memorial

May 07 – Roll of Honour

Edward Mockler serving with Canadian infantry was injured at the Battle of Langemarck, died of his wounds in Cambridge, and … More

Three men serving with the Royal Naval Division fell in Gallipoli in 1915. Since 1916 three Royal Irish Riflemen rest … More

Today’s Roll reflects aspects of WW2. Local Gunners killed in an air raid on the Twin Islands in Belfast and … More

Today’s Roll begins with two Royal Marines from Belfast and Derry named on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli. Our veteran … More

Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. Sir Robin Kinahan served with a Belfast gunner unit in … More

Eight brothers from Downpatrick served in WW1, four survived. In WW2 one of Fermanagh’s military families lost a Gunner son … More

A WW1 record gives insight to the service of a NI man with the Australian Imperial Force in France. WW2 … More