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

February 10. WW2 US Army links. Roll of Honour

Three infantrymen died this day in 1916 – Henry Magee from Strabane, Herbert McWilliams from Ahoghill, and James Sempey from … More

In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More

Twenty-year-old Robert Lawther from Lurgan died this day in 1943 in an aircraft accident whilst undergoing pilot training in USA. … More

Fred Allen interrupted his medical studies at Queen’s University, Belast, to serve as a RN Surgeon Probationer. During and after … More

The legendary Ulster soldier Lt Colonel Blair “Paddy” Mayne, DSO, and three Bars, and a founding member of the Special … More

On this day in 1920 in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, … More

The first VC was won by Charles Lucas from Poyntzpass who was present at the first VC investiture this day … More