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February 26. Spike Milligan served in tough times alongside Royal Ulster Rifles. Roll of Honour

Riflemen Charles Hamilton from Shantallow, David Scott from Lisburn, and William Ruddock from Belfast, serving in the Royal Ulster Rifles, … More

Ballymena, Bangor, Lisburn, Londonderry, Rangoon, RNAS, Spike Milligan, Tunisia

February 17. Belfast father and son’s joint funeral. Roll of Honour

Twenty eight NI servicemen are recalled today. John Kinnin from Belfast died as a result of a training exercise with … More

Arctic Star, Ballymena, Bangor, Canada, Cookstown, Medic, Moneymore, Murmansk, New Zealand, QUB, RAMC, Royal Marine Light Infantry

February 13. Channel Dash and Dresden. Roll of Honour

In 1917 William McKeague from Bushmills died at St Quentin in Belgium. James Hackett from Fivemiletown is remembered in Chungkai … More

Bangor, Burma, Donaghadee, Dresden, Fivemiletown, Gallipoli, Irvinestown, Japanese POW, Newtownards

February 12. Belfast WRNS and ‘The Cruel Sea’. Roll of Honour

Two women are among the WW2 fatalities for 1944. Army nurse Beatrice Dowling from Bessbrook died in England. Ethel Hunter, … More

Bangor, Bessbrook, Carrickfergus, Cruel Sea, New Zealand, North Irish Horse, Printing Trades, QUB, The Cruel Sea

February 3. Derry fighter pilot brothers. Top RN surgeon. Roll of Honour

Twenty-year-old former law student Stanley Austin, a member of a well-known Londonderry family, was shot down over Tunisia in 1943. … More

Bangor, Campbell College, Commando, Londonderry, Portstewart, QUB, RBL, RM, Robert Mussen, Stanley Austin, Surgeon Rear Admiral, Templepatrick

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

Ballymoney, Bangor, Carrickfergus, Derry Gunners, Gilford, HMS Olympus, Laurentic, Murmansk convoy, QUB trailblazer, QUB woman medic, Tate

December 19. NI links with costliest event in RNZN history. Roll of Honour.

On the night of 19/12/1941, there occurred one of the most extensive but least known naval disasters of the Second … More

Bangor, Belfast, Larne, Limavady, Neptune, New Zealand, Portadown

December 12. Two outstanding WW2 aviiators. St. Souplet. Roll of Honour

Harden Scott from Bangor was one of the first officers in the Royal Flying Corps. He received his Military Cross … More

aviation, Ballycastle, Bangor, Casement, Coookstown, history, HMS Furious, HMS Glorious, HMS Sea Eagle, Portstewart, RAF, Torrens-Spence, WW2, wwii

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