Northern Ireland men from Lisburn, Liverpool, Manchester, and New Zealand fell in Gallipoli this day in 1915. John Adair was … More
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August 21. Inniskillings WW2 Battle Honours. North Irish Horse VC. Roll of Honour
Lieutenant – Colonel Richard Annesley West, D.S.O., M.C., North Irish Horse, attached Tank Corps, was awarded the Victoria Cross thhis … More
August 19 – VJ – Northern Ireland’s Japanese POWs. Hardest Day of the Battle of Britain 1940. Dieppe 1942. Roll of Honour
Read accounts and Roll of Honour of those from NI who served as Japanese Prisoners of War. They come from … More
July 22. Costly service of sons of manse. Roll of Honour
Two Old Campbellians from Presbyterian Manses died on this date. John Davis, of Ballynahinch, a minister of the Church of … More
June 14. RASC trek from Sword Beach via Caen to Belsen. Roll of Honour
In 1916 Hugh Davison from Belfast fell with Canadian Infantry in Belgium. He was one of three brothers to die … More
June 3. Jerrettspass Flight Sergeant’s fatal crash in Equatorial Guinea. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll includes John Gray from Portstewart who died of wounds in Egypt in 1915 after service with Royal Marines … More
May 19. North Irish Horse dismounts in WW1. Roll of Honour
Newry-born Francis Joseph McMahon recounts life with the NIH in WW1 and his journey to Egypt with their horses when … More
May 7. Final day of WW2 in Europe. Lusitania sinking WW1. Roll of Honour
This is the anniversary of the 1945 cessation of war in Europe. The German Chief-of-Staff, General Jodl, signed Germany’s unconditional … More
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