Flight Sergeant Richard “Dickie” Bolitho who was born in Londonderry in 1920 was a casualty in the Dambusters’ Operation Chastise … More
Tag: Lisburn
May 16. Inniskillings major losses at Battle of Festubert. Roll of Honour
In 1915 at Festubert 265 Inniskillings died and 390 were injured in a hard-fought battle. The Roll of Honour today … More
May 8. VE Day. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1915, 17,000 troops recruited in NI paraded through Belfast. In 1916 four NI men in the … More
May 7. Final day of WW2 in Europe. Lusitania sinking WW1. Roll of Honour
This is the anniversary of the 1945 cessation of war in Europe. The German Chief-of-Staff, General Jodl, signed Germany’s unconditional … More
May 4. D – Day dodgers celebrate in Italy. Roll of Honour
The first two entries in today’s Roll remember NI men who served with Canadian forces in WW1. When they fell, … More
May 2. Belfast Gunner became city’s mayor. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. In WW1 William Kane of Londonderry, a member of the … More
April 25. Northern Ireland Anzacs. Roll of Honour.
Six men from NI died on this day in Gallipoli in 1915 – Alexander Martin from Magheragall, Lisburn, was serving … More
April 21. Rangoon memorial records hard-fought ground for Inniskillings. Roll of Honour
Thomas McIlroy prior to enlisting lived in Upperlands and worked at William Clark & Sons Ltd. In 1917 he was … More