On this day in 1944 gliders were used on Operation Varsity to transport Royal Ulster Rifles.1st. (Airborne) Battalion, in the…
March 23. Admiral John McClintock of Ballycarry & Fusilier Robert Morrow of Fivemiletown. Roll of Honour
Admiral John McClintock of Ballycarry retired on this day in 1929, completing 55 years service including four years continuous sea…
March 22. Courageous Derry NCO. Coleraine Gunner’s Italian travels. Roll of Honour
Sergeant James Henry Jackson, M.M. and Bar, from Londonderry died serving with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, resisting the 1918 German…
March 21. VC won in last major German offensive of WW1. Roll of Honour
The Roll today is dominated by the records of some of those who fell in the fallback from St Quentin…
March 20. Tommy Jess, Lisburn survivor of HMS Lapwing. Roll of Honour
HMS Lapwing was sunk on a convoy to Murmansk in 1945. Three men from NI were lost. Billy Jess (photo)…
March 19. Future Queen visits Comber for RN baptism. Roll of Honour
HRH Princess Elizabeth came to Comber in 1946 to be godmother at the baptism of Elizabeth Lavinia Sarah King daughter…
March 18. QUB student fell at Battle of Langemarck (Third Ypres). Roll of Honour
Photo – In 1944. Anzio area, Italy. Men from 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers reading the sports newspaper “Ireland’s Saturday Night”.…
March 17. Launch of HMS Belfast. Roll of Honour
HMS Belfast was launched in Belfast on St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 1938 by Anne Chamberlain – the wife of…
