Read contemporary newspaper reports here on the UVF’s preparation for WW1 in 1914 and how Lisburn was the guinea pig … More
Tag: Londonderry
February 18. Ulster sailors killed at Anzio in Belfast – built HMS Penelope. Roll of Honour
The Harland & Wolff built cruiser HMS Penelope was sunk this day in 1944 off Anzio, Italy. William Hunter from … More
February 8. Ballymena RAF medic and four Gunners die in Burma. Roll of Honour
Photo – Winter sun at Ecoust-Saint-Mein Military Cemetery. On this day in 1917 Alex Caldwell from Londonderry was lost when … More
February 3. Derry fighter pilot brothers. Top RN surgeon. Roll of Honour
Twenty-year-old former law student Stanley Austin, a member of a well-known Londonderry family, was shot down over Tunisia in 1943. … More
January 30. Newfoundland Escort Force Bell. Roll of Honour
The Newfoundland Escort Force Bell honours the sacrifices made protecting merchant convoys during World War II. Three bells were commissioned … More
January 24. Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill. Roll of Honour
Sub-Lieutenant Ian McCormick fell serving with the Royal Naval Division at Beaumont Hamel on the Somme. The twenty-one-year-old was the … More
January 20. Indebtedness to local journalism. Roll of Honour
Local journalists have left insights of two servicemen in today’s Roll. On this day in 1916, a Ballymoney paper recorded … More
January 8. Three brothers from Belmont. Roll of Honour
Three brothers from Belmont served in WW1. They were the sons of the The Reverend John MacDermott who was the … More
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