Coleraine born Thomas Moody died in 1918 serving with New Zealand infantry and is named on his country’s Roll of … More
Tag: Lisburn
May 17. Derry and Portrush’s Dambuster. Roll of Honour
Flight Sergeant Richard “Dickie” Bolitho who was born in Londonderry in 1920 was a casualty in the Dambusters’ Operation Chastise … More
May 16. Festubert, the single worst day for Inniskillings’ losses. 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 10. Invasion of Holland. Westminster parliament bombed. Roll of Honour
The first airborne operation in history took place this day in 1940 when Germany invaded the Netherlands. A year later … 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
April 25. Northern Ireland’s 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.QUB Professor determines cause of death of Red Baron. Rangoon memorial records hard fought ground for Inniskillings. Roll of Honour
Thomas Sinclair, Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University, Belfast, in April 1918, found himself at the centre of one of … More
April 13. Foundation of RFC. HMS Repulse survivor. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1912, The Royal Flying Corps was founded. By the end of the year it had a … More
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