After crash landing in Belgium, Belfast RAF man, Walter Berry, stayed from May 44 until liberation with the underground. In … More
Tag: D-Day
June 14. RASC trek from Sword Beach via Caen to Belsen. Roll of Honour
In 1916 Hugh Davison from Belfast fell with Canadian Infantry in Belgium. He was one of three brothers to die … More
June 13. D Day Rifleman’s campaigns. Roll of Honour
Stanley Burrowes from Lisburn saw action on the Normandy beaches, in Cambes Woods, and Denmark in WW2. In 1916 two … More
June 8. HMS Glorious lost in airstrikes off Narvik. Roll of Honour.
Today’s Roll reflects the Battle of Messines in WW1, the sinking of Glorious, and Acasta by gunfire in two hours … More
June 6. NI at D-Day – Billy Moore RUR & William Cooke RN – eight crossings to D Day beaches . Roll of Honour
D-Day eye-witness accounts from Lisburn’s Billy Moore of the Royal Ulster Rifles and from Tandragee, William Cooke, Royal Navy. Eisenhower’s … More
June 5. NI men died with Kitchener. Rome freed. D-Day weather. Roll of Honour.
Robert Doherty, of Coleraine was among the twelve NI men who died with Kitchener in HMS Hampshire in 1916. They … More
June 4. Ballymena and Coleraine brothers in arms. Roll of Honour
William and Thomas Rowan from Ballymena joined the RAF in WW2. On this day in 1942 Thomas died when his … More
March 10. Neuve Chapelle – Royal Irish Rifles first major WW1 action. Roll of Honour
Today in 1915 the 1st Royal Irish Rifles took part in their first major action. The Battle of Neuve Chapelle … More
