Each evening the Last Post is sounded at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres. We celebrate 21 years+ of voluntary … More
Tag: Coleraine
January 14. Ulster’s searchlight Gunners. Roll of Honour
The WW2 entries today reflect the retreat to Dunkirk by an Ulster Searchlight Regiment and the war waged from the … More
January 6. Veterans rich vein of service. Roll of Honour
Today’s Veterans provide a rich vein of service both military and civilian. Alex Miller from Portstewart survived the sinking of … More
Remembrance Ni – December 28. Coleraine to Gallipoli, Bushmills to Bengazi and Omagh to Antwerp
Thomas McLaughlin from Coleraine had served served 6 years in RNVR. He re-enlisted on 17/09/1914 and served as a Chief … More
December 23. Voluntary ambulance driver and Naval air pilot. Roll of Honour
Thomas Malcolmson Greeves was a son of a well-known Belfast linen family. He served with the Friends Ambulance unit before … More
February 5. RUR WW2 intelligence gathering. Roll of Honour
In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More
March 3. Inniskilling veteran’s service to NI Commonwealth Games Council. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll of Honour includes the records of a Belfast officer William Lyons who was adjutant of the Royal Welsh … More
February 22. Coleraine chaplain’s three gallantry awards. Roll of Honour
One of today’s veterans was the most high-ranking Irish chaplain in WW1. Rev Dr James G Paton who was awarded … More
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