On this day in 1918 Sir Edward Carson and Sir James Craig launched a campaign to raise the funds to … More
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October 26. War’s end for Ulster Division. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1918, twenty-year-old Jack Darling from Enniskillen died. He was the last Portoran to die in the … More
September 27. Loos, a Portstewart doctor, and a SOE pilot. Roll of Honour
The Battle of Loos impacts on today’s Roll for 1915. An attack at Bellewaerde Lake near Ypres on 25/09/1915 cost … More
September 25. Loos. Newtownards Gunners at Tobruk. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1915 “The Witness” a Presbyterian Church news magazine described the UVF camps at Clandeboye, Newcastle, and … More
September 3 – Irishmen liberate Guillemont and Ginchy. Roll of Honour
The 16th Irish Division rose to prominence on 3 September 1916 with battles in Guillemont and Ginchy. The Division contained … More
August 6. HMS Amphion, the first RN loss of the first world war. Roll of Honour
Today is the anniversary of the first RN ship lost in WW1 and the dropping of the atomic bomb on … More
July 18. MC for Sir John Gorman on his first day in action. Roll of Honour
In 1944 Old Portoran John Gorman was awarded the Military Cross for action in a tank battle in Normandy. Eliza … More
June 20. Brothers in arms – Buchanans of Derry; Tyrrells of Belfast. Roll of Honour
Brothers in arms – the Buchanans of Derry; the Tyrrells of Belfast. Three of them died in WW1. In 1941 … More
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