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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

February 22. Coleraine chaplain’s three gallantry awards. Roll of Honour

One of today’s veterans was the most high-ranking Irish chaplain in WW1. Rev Dr James G Paton who was awarded … More

Chaplain, Coleraine, Dardanelles, Larne, Military Cross, Moderator PCI, Operation Dynamo, RM, Royal Marines

December 19. NI links with costliest New Zealand navy loss. Roll of Honour

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

Bangor, Belfast, Canada, Cullion, HMS Neptune, HMS Perseua, HMS Stanley, Larne, Limavady, Portadown

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

Serre Road Cemetery No 2. is the largest CWGC cemetery on the Somme with over 7,000 graves there. John Milliken … More

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

November 25. HMS Barham. QUB surgeon and the Red Baron. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1941, the battleship HMS Barham sank in the Mediterranean whilst taking part in an operation against … More

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

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

The Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, was being used as a Hospital Ship when she sank in the Aegean … More

Ballymena, Britannic, Canada, Coleraine, Dungannon, Italy, Larne, New Zealand, Newtownards, Royal Artillery, Titanic, Tobermore

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