In today’s Veterans Roll read how on this day Sir Ivan Ewart’s saga of war service took a dramatic turn.…
January 16. Last Post commitment at Ypres. Roll of Honour
Each evening the Last Post is sounded at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres. We celebrate 21 years+ of voluntary…
January 15. Germans honoured fallen Armagh Gunner in LRDG. Roll of Honour
Two Inniskillings died on this day in France in 1918. William Plunkett was from Fermanagh and Thomas Wallace from Annalong.…
January 14. Ulster’s searchlight Gunners. Roll of Honour
The WW2 entries today reflect the retreat to Dunkirk by an Ulster Searchlight Regiment and the war waged from the…
January 13. War graves on Rathlin recall loss of HMS Viknor. Roll of Honour
In 1915 HMS Vicknor made a major contribution to the war by capturing the leading German spy-master after a search…
January 12. QUB Naval surgeon lost at sea WW1, QUB Legal Airborne warrior WW2. Roll of Honour
Clergy sons feature in today’s Roll. An Instonian whose father was rector of Christ Church, Durham Street, Belfast (now part…
January 11. Newcastle man in crew when I of M ferry made naval air history. Roll of Honour
On 11/01/1915 Lt Colonel Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne of the founding SAS was born in Newtownards. Royal Navy seaplane carrier HMS…
January 10. Navy doctor helped develop NI hospitals. Roll of Honour
Fred Allen interrupted his medical studies at Queen’s to serve as a RN Surgeon Probationer. During and after WW2 he…
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