Last Post sounding at the Menin Gate Memorial,Ypres, where the names are engraved of two Royal Irish Fusiliers in today’s … More
Tag: Dungannon
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
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
March 01. Poetry loving tank commander. A Coleraine romance. Roll of Honour
William Cross was one of the significant number of NI men who served with forces from the British Empire in … More
February 11. From Dungannon to Dieppe. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1940 Serjeant James McCrae from Dungannon, serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, died at Dieppe. In … More
January 18. Lurgan pilot dies in USA. Roll of Honour
Twenty-year-old Robert Lawther from Lurgan died this day in 1943 in an aircraft accident whilst undergoing pilot training in USA. … More
December 26. Yachtsman from RNIYC and HMS Caroline lost. Roll of Honour
Walter Edmenson, a Naval Reserve officer from HMS Caroline, who was a member of Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, … More
December 24. Two exceptional women. Roll of Honour
Remembering Ruth Dickson and Frances Mayne. Ruth from Eglish served as a nurse in WW1. In 1923, she became a … More