Major-General William Brook Purdon CB, OBE, DSO, MC. MiD was President of the QUB Services Club in 1948. Former student … More
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November 27. St. Symphorien received first and last WW1 UK fatalities. Roll of Honour
The first and last British casualties of WW1 were buried at St Symphorien Military Cemetery near Mons where there are … More
November 26. HMS Bulwark blown apart. Sir William Thompson QUB medic. Roll of Honour
At least five men from NI died when HMS Bulwark exploded near Sheerness in 1914 without a shot being fired. … More
November 23. Medical mother’s war service after her son’s death. Roll of Honour
Hugo Bell Fisher left RBAI and went to QUB Faculty of Science 1914 – 15. He intended to read medicine. … More
November 4. Arthur O’Neill from Ahoghill was first MP killed in WW1. Roll of Honour
The first Member of Parliament to be killed in action during the First World War was Captain Arthur O’Neill on … More
October 25. Dungannon’s famous WW1 Naval Surgeon. Roll of Honour
Featured in today’s Veterans RH is one of the most famous naval surgeons of his time. Surgeon Rear-Admiral, David Hewitt … More
October 12. Newry woman tried with Edith Cavell. Roll of Honour.
On the anniversary of the execution of British nurse Edith Cavell by the Germans we recall Ada Bodart, the Newry … More
October 1. 1,816 POWs lost in Japanese ship sinking. Roll of Honour
Fourteen remembered in today’s Roll rest in Dadizeele New British Cemetery (Photo), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They died this day in 1918 … More
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