May 17. Derry’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. 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

On this day in 1915, 17,000 troops recruited in NI paraded through Belfast. In 1916 four NI men in the … More

This is the anniversary of the 1945 cessation of war in Europe. The German Chief-of-Staff, General Jodl, signed Germany’s unconditional … More

The first two entries in today’s Roll remember NI men who served with Canadian forces in WW1. When they fell, … More

Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. In WW1 William Kane of Londonderry, a member of the … More

Six men from NI died on this day in Gallipoli in 1915 – Alexander Martin from Magheragall, Lisburn, was serving … More

Thomas McIlroy prior to enlisting lived in Upperlands and worked at William Clark & Sons Ltd. In 1917 he was … More