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March 13. Larne naval surgeon became postwar medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

The wreckage of a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 is towed past the Palace of Westminster in London, 1940. In 1915 … More

Canada, Derriaghy, Killyleagh, Kilrea, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownards, Regent House

March 4. Royal Marine first Belfast casualty at Gallipoli. Roll of Honour

James Scott a Royal Marine was probably the first man from Belfast to lose his life at Gallipoli in 1915. … More

Ballymena, Gallippoli, HMS Anking, Larne, Shankill Road, South Africa, Strandtown, Ulster Memorial Tower, VC

February 23. Greenisland and Larne airmen lost in same plane over Burma. Roll of Honour

In 1917 the Ballymena Observer reports that Robert Quigg VC has been awarded the Russian Medal of Saint George. In … More

502 Ulster Squadron, Alf Ramsay, Anzio, Ballykinlar, Ballymena, Burma, Greenisland, Larne, Quigg, Stanley Matthews, VC

December 19. NI links with costliest event in Royal New Zealand Navy history. Roll of Honour.

On the night of 19/12/1941, there occurred one of the most extensive but least known naval disasters of the Second … More

Bangor, Belfast, Larne, Limavady, Neptune, New Zealand, Portadown

December 1. The largest cemetery on the Somme. Roll of Honour

John Milliken from Ballysally, Coleraine, was born on this day in 1896. He signed on in the Royal Navy in … More

Royal Marines, Ballymena, Japanese POW, Ballyclare, Bangor, Somme, Italy, Coleraine, Larne

November 25 – HMS Barham. Thomas Sinclair. Roll of Honour

November 25 – On this day in 1944, the battleship HMS Barham sank in the Mediterranean whilst taking part in … More

HMS Barham, Larne, Lisburn, Portadown, Queen’s Services Club, Red Baron, Thomas Sinclair

November 21. Britannic sinking, sister ship to Titanic. Roll of Honour

The Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, being used as a Hospital Ship, sinks in the Aegean Sea on this … More

Britannic, Canada, Coleraine, Dungannon, Larne, New Zealand, QUB, Royal Artillery, Titanic

October 27. The minesweepers of WW II. Roll of Honour

October 27 – Mine sweeping in WW2 was the main role of the Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) which at … More

Ballycastle, Larne, Limavady, Minesweeper, RNPS, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Submarine H49

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