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May 28. Dunkirk evacuations day 2. Roll of Honour.

Coleraine born Thomas Moody died in 1918 serving with New Zealand infantry and is named on his country’s Roll of … More

Belfast, Bessbrook, Crete, Downpatrick, Dunkirk, Hillsborough, HMS Orion, Lisburn, Narvik, Newry

April 22. North Irish Horse Trooper’s 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. Sons of … More

Carrickfergus, Downpatrick, Gas, HMS Pelican, Longstop Hill, Narvik, North Irish Horse, Portstewart, Second Ypres

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

Burmah, Downpatrick, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Londonderry, POW, Rangoon, Tobermore

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

Belfast blitz, Cassino, Chavasse, Downpatrick, Eglinton, HMS Penelope, Pettigo, Portadown

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

Ballymena, Bangor, Coleraine, Downpatrick, Enniskillen, HMS Lapwing, Murmansk, VAD, YMCA

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

Ballymena Academy, Bushmills, Cullybackey, Downpatrick, India, QUB, RAF Regiment, RAMC

January 9. Launch of a legend – the Avro Lancaster. Roll of Honour

This day in 1918 HMS Racoon sank off Donegal. Four men from Belfast and Edward Roberts from Downpatrick were amongst … More

Ballymena, Dambusters, Downpatrick, HMS Racoon, Lancaster, Rathlin

November 23. Medical mother’s war service after son’s death. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll reflects hard times for the Inniskillings in the Munich Trench in 1916 and for the Royal Irish Rifles … More

Cambrai, Castledawson, Downpatrick, Elizabeth G Bell, HMS Rawalpindi, Munich Trench, Portadown, QUB

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