Read contemporary newspaper reports here on the UVF’s preparation for WW1 in 1914 and how Lisburn was the guinea pig … More
Tag: Armagh
January 15. Germans honoured fallen Armagh Gunner in LRDG. Irish Fusilier’s 16 commando missions behind enemy lines. Roll of Honour
Two Inniskillings died on this day in France in 1918. William Plunkett was from Fermanagh and Thomas Wallace from Annalong. … More
December 3. Veteran WAAF became leading Irish Artist. Roll of Honour
On December 3 1914 Fred Bradley from Moy was one of the first NI submariners to go ‘on eternal patrol’ … More
October 24. Motor sportsman was WW1 flyer. Roll of Honour
Leslie Porter was a keen car racer and international rally driver from Derry and Holywood who became an RFC pilot … More
October 12. Newry woman tried with Edith Cavell. Roll of Honour.
On the anniversary of the execution of British nurse Edith Cavell by the Germans we recall Ada Bodart, the Newry … More
October 10. RN compass inventor lost in RMS Leinster. Roll of Honour
Colin Campbell, a Royal Navy officer from Dungannon was at the cutting edge of compass development. He, his wife, and … More
October 6. Inspirational acts of service. Roll of Honour
John Charles was a medical officer who was Mentioned in Dispatches and was awarded the Military Cross. He died on … More
October 4. Gosford’s Fleet Air Arm link. Roll of Honour
Photo – A Fleet Air Arm Supermarine Seafire being refueled by a petrol bowser at Yeovilton in September 1943. Today’s … More