March 30. The last NIH horse man. Coleraine medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

Ham British Cemetery (photo) contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Amongst the graves are those … More

March 26. Whippet tanks released against German Spring Offensive. Roll of Honour

Six sons of the Thompson famiy of Gobnascale House, Londonderry served in WW1. William who died this day in 1918 … More

HMS Belfast was launched on St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 1938 by Anne Chamberlain – the wife of then Prime … More

Today is the wedding anniversary of Harry Stockman, a Coleraine Gunner, who married in Brussels on 09/03/1946 and brought his … More

Remembered today are James McAllister a naval doctor from Islandmagee and QUB who was awarded a DSO for his service … More

Read contemporary newspaper reports here on the UVF’s preparation for WW1 in 1914 and how Lisburn was the guinea pig … More

Two women are among the WW2 fatalities for this day in 1944. Army nurse Beatrice Dowling from Bessbrook died in … More

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