The Belfast to Liverpool ferries – the Ulster Monarch, Ulster Prince, and Ulster Queen – took part in the Dunkirk…
Remembrance Ni – May 22. NI losses in HMS Hood sunk by Bismarck. Roll of Honour
Petty Officer James Lynch from LImavady and George Shearer from Portrush were among the 14 men from NI lost in…
May 23. Bob Wright – from Sandy Row to Dunkirk and Burma. Roll of Honour
The Roll for 1915 includes the names of four who died at Gallipoli. Three were Derry men with the Royal…
May 22. 17 from NI lost in sinking of the Mighty G, HMS Gloucester. Roll of Honour.
Seventeen Naval personnel from throughout NI died in HMS Gloucester when ‘the Fighting G’ was dive-bombed following the German airborne…
May 21. Bangor brothers costly RAFVR service. Roll of Honour
Geoffrey and Eric Bowman from Bangor were both lost flying with RAFVR in WW2. In 1941 William O’Neill from Limavady…
May 20 – North Irish Horseman dies in Royal Flying Corps. Runnymede Memorial. Roll of Honour
Roland Bradley, North Irish Horse and Royal Flying Corps was one of four brothers from Moy who served in WW1.…
May 19. North Irish Horse dismounts in WW1. Roll of Honour
Newry-born Francis Joseph McMahon recounts life with the NIH in WW1 and his journey to Egypt with their horses when…
May 18. Monte Cassino taken. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1944, Allied forces captured Monte Cassino, Italy, after 123 days of heavy fighting. 55,000 Allied troops…
Remembrance NI - Every day is a Remembrance Day 