Coleraine Inst rowing brothers died on active service – HMS Caroline officer was present at the surrender of the Japanese … More
Author: Watchkeeper
World War 2 Life stories – 3
Ballymena Military Policeman had prior skills for seagoing and jungle warfare – Ballyclare brothers in tanks of the Irish Guards … More
World War 2 : Life stories – 2
Fleet Air Arm pilot from Fermanagh fought with RAF in Battle of Britain – North Antrim Marine five years a … More
World War 2 Life stories – i
– Church bell ringer awarded DSM for his part in naval action – WW2 veteran enabled The Ports to do … More
Places and Remembrance – WW1 Cullybackey
Cullybackey, a County Antrim village, and the townlands around it, (Craigs, Hillmount and Harperstown, a sub-section of Hillmount), highlight the … More
Ubique – Ulster Gunners in WW2 – Part 1
Colonel Jimmy Hughes – Colonel Harry Porter- The wartime service of the 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment – Some 8th … More
Lisburn’s service at sea in WW2
Amazing accounts of five who served and a roll of honour of those from the area who served in the … More
Belfast origin of Remembrance silence
The Old Contemptibles of Ypres 1914, their Belfast standard bearer, the origin and choosing of the Unknown Warrior
Remembrance NI - Every day is a Remembrance Day 