April 5. Remembering HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire. Roll of Honour

Six from N Ireland were lost when three RN ships were attacked and sunk off Sri Lanka in WW2. The … More

April 3. War service from Canada to Karachi. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1919 Admirals Jellicoe and Beatty (photo) were both promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. They were … More

Ham British Cemetery contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Amongst the graves are those of … More

In 1943 aircraft carrier HMS Dasher (photo) caught fire and exploded. It was the Royal Navy’s second largest catastrophe in … More

Six sons of the Thompson famiy of Gobnascale House, Londonderry served in WW1. William who died this day in 1918 … More

Dungannon born John Tackaberry was serving as the medical officer with the 31st Punjabi Regiment when he died from cerebral-spinal … More

Sergeant James Henry Jackson, M.M. and Bar, from Londonderry died serving with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, resisting the 1918 German … More

HMS Lapwing was sunk on a convoy to Murmansk in 1945. Three men from NI were lost. Tommy Jess (photo) … More