Today is the anniversary of the first RN ship lost in WW1 and the dropping of the atomic bomb on … More
Tag: Gallipoli
June 4. Ballymena and Coleraine brothers in arms. Roll of Honour
William and Thomas Rowan from Ballymena joined the RAF in WW2. On this day in 1942 Thomas died when his … More
June 3. Jerrettspass Flight Sergeant’s fatal crash in Equatorial Guinea. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll includes John Gray from Portstewart who died of wounds in Egypt in 1915 after service with Royal Marines … More
May 22. 17 from NI lost in sinking of the Mighty G, HMS Gloucester. Roll of Honour.
Seventeen Naval personnel from throughout NI died in HMS Gloucester when ‘the Fighting G’ was dive-bombed following the German airborne … More
April 28. MM for Ballymena man in Canadian forces Vimy Ridge action. Roll of Honour
In 1915 William Gilliland, a young Lieutenant from Londonderry, in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died at Gallipoli. By December the … More
April 26. Irish VCs at Gallipopli and France. Gunners in Greece and Egypt WW2. Roll of Honour.
This day in 1915, William Cosgrove, an Irishman, won the VC as the Allies land at Gallipoli (Painting) and two … More
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
February 25. Five Belfastmen lost in HMS Maharatta on Murmansk convoy. Roll of Honour
On this day, in 1944 five men from Belfast were lost when the destroyer HMS Mahratta was torpedoed and sunk … More
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