A Roll today of thirty men from NI who died at Arnhem includes James Boyd from Portstewart serving with the … More
Tag: Carrickfergus
July 16. Death of last Tsar. Advent of nuclear bomb. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1918, the Russian Royal Family was murdered. On the same day, the parishes of Carrickfergus and … More
July 14. Portrush naval doctor who sailed Atlantic both ways single-handed. Roll of Honour
The story in war and peace of Joe Cunningham, a doctor born in Portrush on this day in 1916. Joseph … 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
May 6. Memorials to the global service of NI men in WW2. Roll of Honour
John Bew from Carrickfergus, William Bunting from Lurgan, and David McGowan from Newry, serving with the Royal Naval Division fell … More
April 22. North Irish Horse Trooper’s Military Medal and Bar. Roll of Honour
In 1915 the Second Battle of Ypres began and saw the first major gas attack by the Germans. Sons of … 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
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
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