May 6. Memorials to the global service of NI men in WW2. Roll of Honour

John Bew from Carrickfergus, William Bunting from Lurgan, and David McGowan from Newry, serving with the Royal Naval Division fell … More

May 3. Limavady’s ‘Happy Amateur’ was outstanding Commando. Roll of Honour

On 3rd May 1915, Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, penned his now-famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”. Today’s … More

This night in 1941 aerial mines were dropped by the Luftwaffe and aimed at the Royal Naval Maintenance Yard at … More

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

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

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

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

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