June 19. Belfast RAF man’s year with Belgian underground. Roll of Honour

After crash landing in Belgium, Belfast RAF man, Walter Berry, stayed from May 44 until liberation with the underground. In … More

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

Stanley Burrowes from Lisburn saw action on the Normandy beaches, in Cambes Woods, and Denmark in WW2. In 1916 two … More

Today’s Roll reflects the Battle of Messines in WW1, the sinking of Glorious, and Acasta by gunfire in two hours … More

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

Robert Doherty, of Coleraine was among the twelve NI men who died with Kitchener in HMS Hampshire in 1916. They … More

William and Thomas Rowan from Ballymena joined the RAF in WW2. On this day in 1942 Thomas died when his … More

Today in 1915 the 1st Royal Irish Rifles took part in their first major action. The Battle of Neuve Chapelle … More