Photo – In Boulogne War Cemetery in Normandy many of the gravestones are laid flat due to the sandy soil.…
February 9. Costly service in Europe, Africa and Asia. Roll of Honour
Photo – Mill Road Cemetery with the Ulster Tower, Connaught Cemetery and Thiepval Wood in the distance. Those in today’s…
February 8. Ballymena RAF medic and four Gunners die in Burma. Roll of Honour
Photo – Winter sun at Ecoust-Saint-Mein Military Cemetery. On this day in 1917 Alex Caldwell from Londonderry was lost when…
February 7. Ards men’s costly service. Roll of Honour
Four Ards men were killed in action together on this day in 1916. James Calvert, David McConnell, Charles Newell and John…
February 6. Ballycastle lady resigns her commission to marry US officer. Roll of Honour
A real-life love story features in today’s Veterans Roll. Joan Casement from Ballycastle, serving as an officer in the WRNS,…
February 5. RUR intelligence gathering 1945. Roll of Honour
In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the…
February 4. Bushmills aircrew’s Squadron link with Limavady. Roll of Honour
On this day 04/02/1945, British Commandos (Photo – their memorial in Scotland) were engaged in a 24 hour hand-to-hand battle…
February 3. Derry fighter pilot brothers. Top RN surgeon. Roll of Honour
Twenty-year-old former law student Stanley Austin, a member of a well-known Londonderry family, was shot down over Tunisia in 1943.…
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