Isabel Addley Tate is the only woman to be named on the Queen’s University War Memorial. Isobel Addey Tate lived … More
Tag: Carrickfergus
January 17. HMS Caroline officer’s route to Colditz. Roll of Honour
In today’s Veterans Roll read how on this day Sir Ivan Ewart’s saga of war service took a dramatic turn. … More
December 2. Faughs five miles behind enemy lines. Roll of Honour
In today’s Roll, there is a most moving excellent read – a letter written by James McKinstry to his mother … More
October 31. Sailors in the trenches 1. Roll of Honour
Many men from every part of NI served with the Royal Naval Division in WW1. They took part in every … More
September 18. North Irish men at Arnhem. Roll of Honour
A Roll today of thirty men from NI who died at Arnhem includes James Boyd from Portstewart serving with the … More
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