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May 18. Monte Cassino taken. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1944, Allied forces captured Monte Cassino, Italy, after 123 days of heavy fighting. 55,000 Allied troops … More

Cassino, Dungannon, Glenarm, QUB, Sri Lanka

April 26. VCs at Gallipopli and France. Gunners in Greece and Egypt WW2. Roll of Honour.

This day in 1915, William Cosgrove, an Irishman, won the VC as the Allies land at Gallipoli (Painting) and two … More

Bangor, Canada, Cosgrove VC, Dungannon, El Alamein, Gallipoli, Greece, Gunners, Holywood, Londonderry, Morrow VC, Newtownards, VC

April 19. Remembered at Tyne Cot and Rangoon. Roll of Honour

A newspaper report from 1915 gives an insight into the establishment of a reserve battalion for the Inniskilling Fusiliers. Five … More

Ballycastle, Dungannon, Fivemiletown, Lions, Magherafelt, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Rugby, Tyne Cot, VC, Whitehead

April 5. Remembering HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire. Roll of Honour

Six from N Ireland were lost when three RN ships were attacked and sunk off Sri Lanka in WW2. The … More

Coleraine, Dungannon, HMS Cornwall, HMS Dorsetshire, Sri Lanka, Strabane

March 25. Kaiserschlacht WW1. Operation Varsity WW2. Roll of Honour

Dungannon born John Tackaberry was serving as the medical officer with the 31st Punjabi Regiment when he died from cerebral-spinal … More

Bangor, Basra, Coleraine, Dungannon, Kaiserschlacht, Lisburn, Varsity

March 14. Two WW1 Royal Navy officers honoured. Roll of Honour

Last Post sounding at the Menin Gate Memorial,Ypres, where the names are engraved of two Royal Irish Fusiliers in today’s … More

Ballymena, Canada, Clogher, Dungannon, Fivemiletown, Last Post, Menin Gate, Newtownards, Portstewart, Tobermore

March 12. Three Belfast brothers fell for freedom. Roll of Honour

Thomas Davison of Spamount Street, Belfast, died today in 1915 serving with the Royal Irish Rifles in France. The GPO … More

Ballycastle, Ballymoney, Canada, Clogher, Dungannon, India, Islandmagee, Japan, Yokohama

March 3. Inniskilling veteran’s service to NI Commonwealth Games Council. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll of Honour includes the records of a Belfast officer William Lyons who was adjutant of the Royal Welsh … More

Ballymena, Canada, Coleraine, Commonwealth Games, Dungannon, QUB, QUBOTC, Randalstown, Vimy Ridge

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