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June 21. DCM for WW1 Ballymena Gunner. Roll of Honour

Joseph Francey, a Field Gunner from Ballymena, was awarded the DCM in 1916. Henry McGowan from Portstewart died in WW1 … More

Ballymena, HM Submarine P 514, RMLI, RND, Royal Naval Division, Victoria Cross

June 4. Ballymena and Coleraine brothers in arms WW2. Roll of Honour

William and Thomas Rowan from Ballymena joined the RAF in WW2. On this day in 1942, Thomas died when his … More

Ballymena, Bomber Command, Brigadier Pat Scott, Churchill, D-Day, Dunkirk, Gallipoli, HMS Foylebank, Irish Division, Midway, Rome

May 17. Derry’s Dambuster. Roll of Honour

Flight Sergeant Richard “Dickie” Bolitho who was born in Londonderry in 1920 was a casualty in the Dambusters’ Operation Chastise … More

Ballymena, Bolitho, Cookstown, Dambusters, Lisburn, Norway

May 2. Belfast Gunner became city’s mayor. Roll of Honour

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

Anzio, Ballymena, Burma, HMS Edinburgh, HMS Jersey, Kinahan, Lisburn, Londonderry, Portadown, RBAI, Royal Artillery, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

April 11. Battle of Arras. Roll of Honour

The 1917 Battle of Arras is reflected in today’s Roll of Honour. Two Ballymena men, John Agnew serving with Royal … More

Arras Memorial, Ballymena, Bangor, Belfast, Buchenwald, HMS Beverley, Portrush, Randalstown

April 10. Costly NI naval link with Narvik, Norway. Roll of Honour

Eveline Dawson from Ballymena, a Matron, and Hugh McGee from Ballycastle, a Corporal in the Medical Corps, died when the … More

Arras, Ballycastle, Ballymena, HMS Hardy, HMS Hunter, Hospital ship, Londonderry, Magheragall, Moira, Narvik, Portstewart, Tillie

April 1. Anniversary of formation of Irish Guards and RAF. Roll of Honour

In 1918 the RAF was formed as a separate service, independent of the Army and the Royal Navy – the … More

Ballymena, Broughshane, Canada, Irish Guards, Portstewart, RAF, Sasketchawan

March 22. Courageous Derry NCO. Coleraine Gunner’s Italian travels. Roll of Honour

Sergeant James Henry Jackson, M.M. and Bar, from Londonderry died serving with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, resisting the 1918 German … More

Ballymena, Coleraine, HMS Gaillardia, Londonderry, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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