November 2. Sailors in the trenches Part 2.

The second part of Sailors in the Trenches covers the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign and the major actions in Europe. One … More

September 9. Belfast lawyer was outstanding MTB Flotilla Commander. Roll of Honour

Remembered on the anniversary of his death in 2000 – the service of George Lennox Cotton who began his Solicitor’s … More

Northern Ireland men from Lisburn, Liverpool, Manchester, and New Zealand fell in Gallipoli this day in 1915. John Adair was … More

Lieutenant – Colonel Richard Annesley West, D.S.O., M.C., North Irish Horse, attached Tank Corps, was awarded the Victoria Cross thhis … More

Four Travers brothers from Londonderry served in WW1. Michael Travers died on this date in 1915 in Gallipoli. Two of … More

Walter Smyles, grandfather of Bear Grylls, was among the 111 Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland who were involved in … More

Henry Gill from Belfast died fighting with Australians at Gallipoli in 1915 – his New Testament, his correspondence, and his … More

Against a background of four days of the most intensive fighting in Gallipoli by Australians, the war in Europe continued. … More