March 14. Two WW1 Royal Navy officers honoured. Roll of Honour

Last Post sounding at the Menin Gate Memorial,Ypres, where the names are engraved of two Royal Irish Fusiliers in today’s … More

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

Edward Dalton was one of the pioneers of civil aviation in Ireland. He served with the Royal Flying Corps in … More

Three infantrymen died this day in 1916 – Henry Magee from Strabane, Herbert McWilliams from Ahoghill, and James Sempey from … More

Twenty-year-old former law student Stanley Austin, a member of a well-known Londonderry family, was shot down over Tunisia in 1943. … More

Emma Duffin who served as a VAD Nurse in both world wars is remembered today. She served in WW1 military … More

The WW2 entries in today’s Roll of Honour reflect the retreat to Dunkirk by an Ulster Searchlight Royal Artillery Regiment … More

Two clergy sons feature in today’s Roll. Louis Story was an Instonian whose father was rector of Christ Church, Durham … More