Photo – A Fleet Air Arm Supermarine Seafire being refueled by a petrol bowser at Yeovilton in September 1943. Today’s … More
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September 8. Inniskillings’ private memorial on the western front. Roll of Honour
Today’s report includes a fascinating account of how two WW1 Inniskillings have a private memorial in France. Two Draperstown brothers … More
August 3. Etaples is largest Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in France. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1914 Sir Edward Grey stood at a window in the Foreign Office, watching the lamps being … 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
July 25. The Gunner Organist and broadcaster. Roll of Honour
July 25 – In 1915 Aughnacloy-born Jimmy Reid serving with the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, died from a cerebral haemorrhage … More
July 13. Belfast husband awarded VC today in 1945. Roll of Honour
Ted Chapman from Wales survived the Belfast Blitz with his sweetheart. They married. He won the VC in Germany. Read … More
July 7 – NI WRNS who plotted D-Day landings. Roll of Honour
Joan Mary Cattanach a Northern Ireland wartime Wren who plotted the D-Day landings in a secret underground tunnel later trained … More
June 29. Pathfinder on 127 ops became Terence O’Neill’s wingman. Roll of Honour
Squadron Leader Jim ‘Zulu’ Malley, DSO, DFC and Bar, WW2 Pathfinder became NI Prime Minister’s close civil servant adviser. The … More
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