The men, their ships and their battles
Local Newspapers and the Great War – 6
Reports from 10th October 1918 to 23rd October 1918, during which there were 18 fatalities in the Ulster Division
The Foyle Flyers
Seven Old Boys of Foyle College, Londonderry, served in the RFC, RAF and the Royal Naval Air Service in World…
Local Newspapers and the Great War – 5
Reports from 18th September 1918 to 15th October 1918, during which there were 41 fatalities in the Ulster Division including…
Sinking of RMS Leinster – biggest loss of life in Irish Sea
In the biggest loss of life in the Irish sea ten servicemen from NI perished including a leading naval inventor…
The Fighting G – HMS Gloucester
11 from NI perished in HMS Gloucester when it was left without air cover during the German airborne invasion of…
John Redmond, the Ulster unionist chaplain who comforted Willie Redmond, a dying Irish nationalist MP, on WW1 battlefield
It is a scenario which would defy most Holywood script writers
Castlerock CPO survived two sinkings and Japanese POW camp
The remarkable story of George Thompson who was in HMS Exeter when sunk in Battle of Java Sea.