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May 29. Dunkirk Memorial. Three Holywood brothers. Roll of Honour

Twenty-seven NI men named in today’s Roll fought and fell in the rearguard action to Dunkirk in 1940. As the … More

Cassino, Crete, Dunkirk, Gosford, Holywood, Limavady

May 27. Two ships lost in 1915. Dunkirk defenders WW2. Bismarck sunk. Roll of Honour.

Of the 50 names in today’s Roll of Honour, 12 are Royal Navy losses in 1915 in Majestic off Gallipoli … More

Anzio, Cassino, Dunkirk, HMS Majestic, HMS Princess Irene

May 23. Bob Wright – from Sandy Row to Dunkirk and Burma. Roll of Honour

The Roll of Honour for WW2 highlights two major developments. Entries for 1940 reflect the defensive fall back to Dunkirk … More

Bob Wright, Burma, Cassino, Dunkirk, North Irish Horse, Sandy Row

May 18. Monte Cassino taken. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1944, Allied forces captured Monte Cassino, Italy, after 123 days of heavy fighting. 55,000 Allied troops … More

Cassino, Dungannon, Glenarm, Larne, Lybia, QUB, Sri Lanka

May 16. Festubert, the single worst day for Inniskillings’ losses. Roll of Honour

In 1915 at Festubert 265 Inniskillings died and 390 were injured in a hard-fought battle. The Roll of Honour today … More

Cassino, Dervock, Festubert, Inniskillings, Lisburn, Toomebridge

15th May. WW1 charity football match. WW2 PoW’s six month march. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1915 a combined Linfield and Belfast Celtic football team played a Rest of Belfast team to … More

Cassino, Festubert, POW, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

April 8. Eight Downpatrick brothers served, four died. Roll of Honour

Samuel Love from Downpatrick died in 1914 serving with the Royal Engineers. Eight brothers served, four died. In 1943 John … More

Belfast blitz, Cassino, Chavasse, Downpatrick, Eglinton, HMS Penelope, Pettigo, Portadown

March 15. Father of actor and WW2 paratrooper Richard Todd. Roll of Honour

Among those remembered today is Andrew Todd, a medical officer from Derry and Moneymore, who served in both World Wars. … More

Ballymoney, Brookeborough, Cassino, Coleraine, D-Day, Derry, HMS Vortigern, Moneymore, Operation Dickens, RichardTodd

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