On 15/04/1941 Belfast was hammered in one of the largest and most devastating aerial bombardments of World War II. The … More
Tag: Ballymoney
March 29. Pozières British Cemetery & Memorial. Roll of Honour
Many from NI who died in the 1918 German offensive and whose graves are unknown are named on the Pozières … More
March 18. The fighting McAtamneys from Carrickfergus. Roll of Honour
Photo – In 1944. Anzio area, Italy. Men from 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers reading the sports newspaper “Ireland’s Saturday Night”. … More
March 15. Father of actor and WW2 paratrooper Richard Todd. Roll of Honour
Among those remembered today is Andrew Todd, a medical officer from Derry and Moneymore, who served in both World Wars. … More
March 12. Three Belfast brothers fell for freedom. Roll of Honour
Thomas Davison of Spamount Street, Belfast, died today in 1915 serving with the Royal Irish Rifles in France. The GPO … More
February 15. Newry pilot’s DFC and 14 bombing missions. Roll of Honour
Robert Nugent from Belfast had served in China and India before WW1. He took part in the Gallipoli landing before … More
January 25. Female medical trailblazer. HMS Laurentic. Roll of Honour
Isabel Addley Tate is the only woman to be named on the Queen’s University War Memorial. One of the first … More
January 20. Indebtedness to local journalism. Roll of Honour
Local journalists have left insights of two servicemen in today’s Roll. On this day in 1916, a Ballymoney paper recorded … More
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