The battle produced tiny gains for the Allies and heavy casualties. Twenty-seven men associated with the city of Londonderry, and its immediate environs, lost their lives on that terrible day. Continue reading
Londonderry
August 7 – Derry’s Australia Light Horse Trooper at Gallipoli
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Wall of Remembrance at Australia’s National War Memorial in Canberra. George Henry “Harry” McNeill lived in Londonderry with his parents, two brothers, and sister. Jobs in the city were scarce, so he decided to go to Australia and learn sheep farming. There were cousins already out there who had a farm.
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Stories of the Somme – The Fountain men of Londonderry
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Virtually every community in Northern Ireland lost husbands, sons and brothers at the Somme. One such was the Fountain area of Londonderry. Continue reading
June 20 – Brothers in Arms – Buchanans of Londonderry WW1
StandardRichard Brendan Buchanan died at Gallipoli on this date
June 16 – Northern Ireland at D Day.
Standard10. The lawyer and policeman who were in naval forces on the day Continue reading
June 16 – Edward George Harvey, infantry and RFC
StandardDerry officer served in Boer War, India and the RFC in WW1
The memorial to Edward Harvey bears the crests of the Wilshire Regiment and the RFC
June 12 – On this day
StandardIn 1917 Ballymena Petty Officer transfers to army to develop tanks. In 1944 the Irish brigade is received at the Vatican. The German Atlantic U-boat fleet surrenders at the end of WW2 at Lisahally on Lough Foyle, Londonderry in 1945.
