On this day in 1915 a combined Linfield and Belfast Celtic football team played a Rest of Belfast team to … More
Tag: Dunkirk
April 25. Northern Ireland Anzacs. Roll of Honour.
Five men from NI died on this day in Gallipoli in 1915. Alexander Martin from Magheragall, Lisburn, was serving with … More
April 23. Ypres, Zeebrugge, Dunkirk, and myriad acts of bravery. Roll of Honour
In today’s Roll of Honour there are representatives from some of the more notable battles of both wars. Ypres in … More
March 29. Pozières British Cemetery & Memorial. Roll of Honour
Many from NI who died in the 1918 German offensive and whose graves are unknown are named on the Pozières … More
June 09 – Tandragee sailor’s six crossings to D Day beaches. Roll of Honour
Remembering Wm Tyrell a 19-year-old WW1 air ace; WW2 – Belfast Gunners at Dunkirk; RUR on D Day +3
The Royal Ulster Rifles at Dunkirk
Bala Bredin’s recollections; How 338,000 Allied troops were saved in ‘miracle of deliverance’; 40 Facts about Dunkirk; The Dunkirk Memorial