November 19. Dedication of the Ulster Memorial Tower in 1921. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1921 the Ulster Memorial Tower, Thiepval, France was dedicated and opened by Field Marshal Sir Henry … More

October 16. Victims of 1918 HMS Otranto disaster at Islay buried in Belfast. Roll of Honour

Names and details of eight members of the Royal Irish Rifles are remembered on this date in today’s Roll of … More

Tyne Cot Cemetery is situated on ground captured by the British army. A Dressing Station was located at a captured … More

Stanley Burrowes from Lisburn saw action on the Normandy beaches, in Cambes Woods, and Denmark in WW2. See pages 1 … More

Today’s Roll includes John Gray from Portstewart who died of wounds in Egypt in 1915 after service with Royal Marines … More

Flight Sergeant Richard “Dickie” Bolitho who was born in Londonderry in 1920 was a casualty in the Dambusters’ Operation Chastise … More

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

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