Squadron Leader Hugh Heron AFC was born in Belfast and left RBAI – Inst – to join the RAF. He … More
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October 24. Motor sportsman was WW1 flyer. Roll of Honour
Leslie Porter was a keen car racer and international rally driver from Derry and Holywood who became an RFC pilot … More
July 28. Military Crosses awarded. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1914 WW1 got underway when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In 1917 the Belfast Newsletter reported … More
April 22. Song – The Green fields of France. North Irish Horse Trooper’s WW2 Military Medal and Bar. Roll of Honour
In 1915 the Second Battle of Ypres began and saw the first major gas attack by the Germans.The song ‘The … More
April 18. A Derry sportsman. Deaths in Burmah. Freedom in Germany. Roll of Honour
Charles Trainer, a Londonderry sailer who survived the sinking of HMS Hawke, died in the sinking this day in 1915 … More
April 8. Eight Downpatrick brothers served, four died. Roll of Honour
Samuel Love from Downpatrick died in 1914 serving with the Royal Engineers. Eight brothers served, four died. In 1943 John … More
March 20. Tommy Jess, Lisburn survivor of HMS Lapwing.Roll of Honour
HMS Lapwing was sunk on a convoy to Murmansk in 1945. Three men from NI were lost. Tommy Jess (photo) … More
February 2. Foundation of RAF Regiment. Roll of Honour
In 1917 William Wilson an army doctor from Bushmills died whilst attached to the Nepal Carabiniers. Another doctor, Hugh Given … More
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