May 27. Two ships lost in 1915. Dunkirk defenders WW2. Bismarck sunk. Roll of Honour

Of the 38 names in today’s Roll of Honour, eleven are Royal Navy losses in 1915 in Majestic off Gallipoli … More

May 20 – North Irish Horseman died in Royal Flying Corps. Runnymede Memorial. Roll of Honour

Roland Bradley, North Irish Horse and Royal Flying Corps, was one of four brothers from Moy who served in WW1. … More

Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. In WW1 William Kane of Londonderry, a member of the … More

Hugh McCory from Shankill, Belfast, Peter Little from Coagh, and John Cousins from Dollingstown died in WW1. Samuel Clayton an … More

Photo – In 1944. Anzio area, Italy. Men from 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers reading the sports newspaper “Ireland’s Saturday Night”. … More

In 1917 the Ballymena Observer reports that Robert Quigg VC has been awarded the Russian Medal of Saint George. In … More

The Harland & Wolff built cruiser HMS Penelope was sunk this day in 1944 off Anzio, Italy. William Hunter from … More

Company Serjeant-Major James Scott of the Royal Irish Rifles, 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. kept a diary during the Great War. … More