Virtually every community in Northern Ireland lost husbands, sons and brothers at the Somme. One such was the Fountain area … More
Category: Army WW1
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
Belfast origin of Remembrance silence
The Old Contemptibles of Ypres 1914, their Belfast standard bearer, the origin and choosing of the Unknown Warrior
Local Newspapers and the Great War – 7
Reports from 25th October 1918 to 8th November 1918, during which there were 10 fatalities in the Ulster Division from … More
Local Newspapers and the Great War – 6
Reports from 10th October 1918 to 23rd October 1918, during which there were 18 fatalities in the Ulster Division
Local Newspapers and the Great War – 5
Reports from 18th September 1918 to 15th October 1918, during which there were 41 fatalities in the Ulster Division including … More
Sinking of RMS Leinster – biggest loss of life in Irish Sea
In the biggest loss of life in the Irish sea ten servicemen from NI perished including a leading naval inventor … More
John Redmond, the Ulster unionist chaplain who comforted Willie Redmond, a dying Irish nationalist MP, on WW1 battlefield
It is a scenario which would defy most Holywood script writers
