June 29. Pathfinder on 127 ops became Terence O’Neill’s wingman. Roll of Honour

Squadron Leader Jim ‘Zulu’ Malley, DSO, DFC and Bar, WW2 Pathfinder became NI Prime Minister’s close civil servant adviser. The … More

June 28. Belfast Squadron Leader flew 87 operations, 25 over Berlin. Roll of Honour

Five NI men died this day at Gallipoli in 1915, three were Inniskillings – Henry Black from Derry, Hugh McBride … More

William Kirkpatrick from Coleraine fell in the Machine Gun Corps in 1916. Contemporary local newspaper reports tell how James Todd … More

Coleraine born Thomas Moody died in 1918 serving with New Zealand infantry and is named on his country’s Roll of … More

In 1915 William Gilliland, a young Lieutenant from Londonderry, in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died at Gallipoli. By December the … More

On this day in 1915, Germany used mass poison gas attacks affecting Canadian and Irish Divisions. Five NI men were … More

In today’s Roll of Honour there are representatives from some of the more notable battles of both wars. Ypres in … More

On this day in 1919 Admirals Jellicoe and Beatty (photo) were both promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. They were … More