Four Travers brothers from Londonderry served in WW1. Michael Travers died on this date in 1915 in Gallipoli. Two of…
August 12. Crew interned after HMS Manchester sinks in Op Pedestal. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1917 the Belfast Newsletter reported the death of Company Quartermaster Sergeant George Frank Newel, 15th Battalion,…
August 11. HMS Eagle, HMS Albatross and HMS Parthian. Roll of Honour
On This Day in 1943 Escort Carrier HMS Pursuer docked at Airport Wharf next to Sydenham Airfield, Belfast, with a…
August 10. The UVF dry land sailors honoured by the Tzar. Roll of Honour
Walter Smyles, grandfather of Bear Grylls, was among the 111 Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland who were involved in…
August 9 – SAS men from NI executed by the Gestapo. Roll of Honour
Tod Barker from Cookstown and Billy Young from Randalstown of the Special Air Service Regiment were murdered by the Gestapo…
August 8. The hell of Passchendale. Roll of Honour
Henry Gill from Belfast died fighting with Australians at Gallipoli in 1915 – his New Testament, his correspondence, and his…
August 7. Derry’s Australia Light Horse Trooper at Gallipoli. Roll of Honour
Against a background of four days of the most intensive fighting in Gallipoli by Australians, the war in Europe continued.…
August 6. HMS Amphion the first RN loss of the first war. Roll of Honour
Today is the anniversary of the first RN ship lost in WW1 and the dropping of the atomic bomb on…
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