Today’s Roll includes two WW2 Fleet Air Arm pilots, one of whom had been a member of 502 (Ulster) Sqdn, … More
Tag: Portora
July 18 – MC for Sir John Gorman on his first day in action. Roll of Honour
MC awarded to Old Portoran for action in tank battle in Normandy. A Royal Navy nurse from Strabane, an airborne … More
June 20 – Buchanans, Tyrells – Brothers in arms. Roll of Honour
Brothers in arms – Buchanans of Derry; Tyrrells of Belfast. Three were to die in WW1. William Houston of Ballynure … More
June 11 – Strabane Air Ace was a PoW in Great Escape camp. Roll of Honour
A banker with roots in Armagh and Letterkenny injured at the Somme dies from his wounds at Messines in WW1. … More
