The WW1 Roll today is dominated by The Battle of Aubers Ridge in 1915. Ten who fell there are remembered…
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…
May 7. Final day of WW2 in Europe. Lusitania sinking WW1. Roll of Honour
This is the anniversary of the 1945 cessation of war in Europe. The German Chief-of-Staff, General Jodl, signed Germany’s unconditional…
May 5. German U-boat shells Portballintrae. Roll of Honour
In 1918, a German submarine U-boat (U9) surfaced off Portballintrae and shelled the village attempting to hit SS Wheatear, an…
May 6. Memorials to the global service of NI men in WW2. Roll of Honour
John Bew from Carrickfergus, William Bunting from Lurgan, and David McGowan from Newry, serving with the Royal Naval Division fell…
May 4. D – Day dodgers celebrate in Italy. Roll of Honour
The first two entries in today’s Roll remember NI men who served with Canadian forces in WW1. When they fell,…
May 3. Limavady’s ‘Happy Amateur’ was outstanding Commando. Roll of Honour
On 3rd May 1915, Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, penned his now-famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”. Today’s…
May 2. Belfast Gunner became city’s mayor. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. In WW1 William Kane of Londonderry a member of the…
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