Leslie Porter was a keen car racer and international rally driver from Derry and Holywood who became an RFC pilot…
October 23. Four brothers from Randalstown manse. Roll of Honour
Wimeruex Cemetery near Bologne where headstones are laid flat due to sandy soil along the coastal area. Graves include that…
October 22. Tyne-Cot Memorial. Roll of Honour
Featured today is Tyne-Cot War Cemetery. It is the largest British military cemetery in the world. Its size and scale…
October 21. Ulster Rifles and Artillery in liberation of Italy. Roll of Honour
Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery…
October 20. Last movement of 36th (Ulster) Division. Kilrea born Royal Flying Corps pilot. Roll of Honour
There are ten members of the Royal Irish Rifles remembered in today’s Roll of Honour. On the night of the…
October 19. Terlincthun and Canada Farm cemeteries. Roll of Honour
Sixteen NI men from the three services represent those who died on this day and are named in the Roll…
October 18. HMS Broadwater. Potijze Chateau Cemetery. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1918 The Rev Theodore Hardy VC, DSO, MC died of his wounds received whilst visiting his…
October 17. Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery. Roll of Honour
William Morton played hockey for Banbridge and Ireland. He died in 1916, hit by a shell when with a ration…