Photo – In 1944. Anzio area, Italy. Men from 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers reading the sports newspaper “Ireland’s Saturday Night”. … More
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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
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 17. Ship losses and 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 31. Internal explosion sinks HMS Natal. Roll of Honour
During the afternoon of the 30th December 1915, HMS Natal, under the command of Captain Eric Back, blew up at … More