May 9. Battle of Aubers Ridge 1915. Roll of Honour

The WW1 Roll today is dominated by The Battle of Aubers Ridge in 1915. Ten who fell there are remembered … More

May 8. VE Day. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1915 17,000 troops recruited in NI paraded through Belfast. In 1916 four NI men in the … More

This is the anniversary of the 1945 cessation of war in Europe. The German Chief-of-Staff, General Jodl, signed Germany’s unconditional … More

In 1918, a German submarine U-boat (U9) surfaced off Portballintrae and shelled the village attempting to hit SS Wheatear, an … More

John Bew from Carrickfergus, William Bunting from Lurgan, and David McGowan from Newry, serving with the Royal Naval Division fell … More

The first two entries in today’s Roll remember NI men who served with Canadian forces in WW1. When they fell, … More

On 3rd May 1915, Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, penned his now-famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”. Today’s … More

Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. In WW1 William Kane of Londonderry a member of the … More