D-Day through the accounts of Lisburn’s Billy Moore of the Royal Ulster Rifles. Eisenhower’s Message to the forces. Stats in … More
Category: RN WW2
June 04 – Ballymena RAF brothers in arms. Roll of Honour
In WW1 three Navy men in an infantry role who died at Gallipoli are recalled today. In 1917 William Andrews … More
Belfast sailor and HMS Belfast at Battle of North Cape – Boxing Day 1943
On this day in 1943 the last capital ship big gun engagement between the Royal Navy and Germany took place … More
HMS Galatea – ship with superb war record sank in three minutes
HMS Galatea was sunk northwest of Alexandria on 14/12/1941 by the German submarine U-557. 469 men including at least 12 … More
Admiral’s return to Limavady
A thanksgiving service was held in Limavady Parish Church for the service and witness of Sir Desmond Cassidi on December … More
June 8 – Northern Ireland at D Day
3 – The third in a series about NI people on D Day. Andrew Adams from Killyleagh was in HMS … More
Belfast Wren’s fatal voyage from South Africa to Sri Lanka
Nineteen year old Ethel Margaret Hunter was aboard SS Khedive Ismail in February 1944.
NI links with costliest event in Royal New Zealand Navy’s history
Seven men from Northern Ireland lost their lives in HMS Neptune. They were from Belfast, Bangor, Larne, Limavady, Portadown and … More
Remembrance NI - Every day is a Remembrance Day 