Photo – Menin Gate at night. Thomas Espey was a Railway Clerk in Cookstown before emigrating to South Africa. He … More
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December 17. Battle of the River Plate. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee – heavily damaged after the Battle of the … More
October 16. Victims of 1918 HMS Otranto disaster at Islay buried in Belfast. Roll of Honour
Edwin Edmonds from Belfast serving in the Royal Navy perished in HMS Otranto on this date in 1918. Hundreds of … More