In today’s Roll Matt Smyth and James Young of the West Belfast Volunteers who died on the Somme in 1916,…
January 02 – Colonel Harry Porter epitome of an Ulster Gunner. Roll of Honour
As President of the Belfast Junior Chamber of Commerce Harry Porter organised the first Lord Mayor’s Show. Harry joined the…
January 1. Belfast Mayor’s grandson lost in HMS Formidable. Roll of Honour
Sir Edward Coey – Mayor of Belfast and Philanthropist 1805 – 1887 lived in Merville House at Whitehouse. The Coey…
December 31. Internal explosion sinks HMS Natal. Roll of Honour
During the afternoon of the 30th December 1915, HMS Natal, under the command of Captain Eric Back, blew up at…
December 30. Ni men served on highjacked spyship. Roll of Honour
Two Royal Marines and a naval officer were lost when the WW2 spyship HMS Felicity was sunk. One of the…
December 29. International rugby players in WW1. Roll of Honour
On the first day of 1912 Ireland played France at rugby in Paris. When Irish internationals Alfred Squire Taylor, William…
December 28. Tournai Communal Cemetery. Roll of Honour
Chief Petty officer Thomas McLaughlin who had family links with Coleraine died serving in the Royal Naval Division at Achi…
December 27. NI service in Canadian forces. Roll of Honour
The Vimy Ridge Memorial is Canada’s largest monument outside the country. NI men served in Canadian forces in both World…
