Two brothers are named on Holywood War Memorial. Lieutenant Theo Caldwell completed two year’s training with the QUB OTC. He … More
Tag: Japanese POW
October 1. 1,816 POWs lost in Japanese ship sinking. Roll of Honour
Fourteen remembered in today’s Roll rest in Dadizeele New British Cemetery (Photo), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They died this day in 1918 … More
September 29. Royal Inniskilling Fusilier awarded Victoria Cross. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1918, the Allies smash through Germany’s ‘Hindenburg Line’. Within 43 days, WW1 will be over. The … More
August 19 – VJ – Northern Ireland’s Japanese POWs. Hardest Day of the Battle of Britain 1940. Dieppe 1942. Roll of Honour
Read accounts and Roll of Honour of those from NI who served as Japanese Prisoners of War. They come from … More
July 22. Costly service of sons of manse. Roll of Honour
Two Old Campbellians from Presbyterian Manses died on this date. John Davis, of Ballynahinch, a minister of the Church of … More
July 19. Remembering three Instonian Lions. Roll of Honour
Today marks the anniversary of the death of British Lion and IrishInternational Robert Alexander, who fell in 1943 near Catania, … More
June 22. Dunkirk Gunner who joined the RAF. Roll of Honour
Gunner Ernie Harwood escaped Dunkirk in a fishing boat in 1940 and joined the RAF. On this day Barbarossa, the … More
June 10. King in D-Day speech called nation to prayer. Roll of Honour
William Kirkpatrick from Coleraine fell in the Machine Gun Corps in 1916. Contemporary local newspaper reports tell how James Todd … More
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