Wimeruex Cemetery near Bologne where headstones are laid flat due to sandy soil along the coastal area. Graves include that … More
Tag: Derry
October 21. Ulster Rifles and Artillery in liberation of Italy. Roll of Honour
Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery … More
September 12. Naval courage Derry style. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll reflects the conflict in the air in 1942. Three RAF remembered at El Alamein. A Royal Navy officer … More
March 21. VC won in last major German offensive of WW1. Roll of Honour
The 54 page Roll of Honour today is dominated by the records of some of those who fell in the … More
March 15. Father of actor and WW2 paratrooper Richard Todd. Roll of Honour
Among those remembered today is Andrew Todd, a medical officer from Derry and Moneymore, who served in both World Wars. … More
February 5. RUR intelligence gathering 1945. Roll of Honour
In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More
December 10. Force Z, Repulse and Prince of Wales sunk. Roll of Honour
This day in 1941 fifteen men from NI were lost in HMS Repulse and eleven in HMS Prince of Wales … More
Remembrance NI - Every day is a Remembrance Day 