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March 16. Female fatalities in RAF and nursing. Roll of Honour

Two women are named in today’s Roll. Sister Rosa McGibbon from Lurgan served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing … More

Aquitania, Bangor, Dervock, Killyleagh, Lurgan, Military Nursing, Nursing Memorial, Queen Alexandra

March 6. Antrim man was army’s top medic. Roll of Honour

This day in 1915 pub owners in Lurgan stated they would decline to serve soldiers in uniform with liquor in … More

Antrim, Bushmills, Cookstown, Lurgan, Malone Golf Club, Portrush, Portstewart, RAMC

February 5. RUR WW2 intelligence gathering. Roll of Honour

In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More

Coleraine, Enniskillen, Lurgan, North Irish Horse, Royal Ulster Rifles, Veterans

February 1. Military Awards 1918. Roll of Honour

Thomas Knox of Dungannon served as aide-de-camp to his father, Lord Ranfurly  in NZ between 1903-1907. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst … More

Aghalee, CAI, Coleraine, El Alamein, Lisburn, Lurgan, QUB

January 18. Lurgan pilot dies in USA. Roll of Honour

Twenty-year-old Robert Lawther from Lurgan died this day in 1943 in an aircraft accident whilst undergoing pilot training in USA. … More

Arizona, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lurgan, Mesa City, VC

December 25. NI Field Marshall honoured by the USA. Roll of Honour

Lurgan-born Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill became Churchill’s military ambassador to the USA. An equestrian statue in his honour … More

Arlington, Ballymena, China, Dill, Field Marshal, Harbison, Hong Kong, Luhera, Lurgan, Nijmegen, Nova Scotia, USA

December 20. Albert Medal for Lurgan sailor’s costly lifesaving. Roll of Honour

George McDowell from Lurgan was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal for his actions in saving life following the sinking of … More

Albert Medal, Khandahar, Lurgan, Magennis, Neptune, VC

December 11. Sir William Whitla, medical titan, generous benefactor. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll is a reminder that a country’s response to war is the sum total of the contributions of individuals. … More

Castledawson, HMS Lady Shirley, Lowestoft, Lurgan, QUB, RNPS, Sir William Whitla, WREN

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