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March 23. Admiral McClintock of Ballycarry; Fusilier Morrow of Fivemiletown. Roll of Honour

Admiral John McClintock of Ballycarry retired on this day in 1929, completing 55 years service including four years continuous sea … More

Admiral, Ballycarry, Commando, Fivemiletown, HMS Laforey, Londonderry, McClintock, Palestine, Portadown, Pozieres

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

February 21. The Battle of Verdun starts. Roll of Honour

Alex Hill from Whiteabbey was lost in HMS Princess Alberta in 1917 when she hit a mine in the Agean … More

Australia, Belfast Gunners, Dunmurry, Fivemiletown, HMS Princess Alberta, Irish Guards, Londonderry, New Zealand

February 13. Channel Dash and Dresden. Roll of Honour

In 1917 William McKeague from Bushmills died at St Quentin in France. James Hackett from Fivemiletown is remembered in Chungkai … More

Bangor, Burma, Donaghadee, Dresden, Fivemiletown, Gallipoli, Irvinestown, Japanese POW, Newtownards

February 4. Bushmills aircrew’s Squadron link with Limavady. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1945, British Commandos were engaged in a 24 hour hand-to-hand battle for Hill 170, Kangaw, Burma. … More

Algeria, Bushmills, Canada, Coalisland, Fivemiletown, HMS Sphinx, Kesh, Limavady

January 27. Inniskilling Fusiliers losses in both wars this day. Roll of Honour

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day – On this day in 1943 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. By … More

Aughnacloy, Bellaghy, Brookeborough, Drumbeg, Fintona, Fivemiletown, Fusiliers, Upperlands

October 5. From battlefield to pulpit. Roll of Honour

Photo – V Beach cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli. John MacKeown from Whitehead, a Second Lieutenant with the Connaught Rangers, was a … More

38 Irish Brigade, Culbertson Jackson, Fivemiletown, New Zealand, Presbyterian, Randalstown

August 23. Ballymena RAF operator intercepted German and Japanese signals. Roll of Honour

In 1914 the Battle of Mons began. It was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force in the … More

Ballymena, Broughshane, Canadian forces, Coleraine, Cullybackey, Fivemiletown, Kilrea, Mons, RUR, Waringstown

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