This day in 1915 pub owners in Lurgan stated they would decline to serve soldiers in uniform with liquor in … More
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February 18. Ulster sailors killed at Anzio in Belfast – built HMS Penelope. Roll of Honour
The Harland & Wolff built cruiser HMS Penelope was sunk this day in 1944 off Anzio, Italy. William Hunter from … More
February 17. Belfast father and son’s joint funeral. Roll of Honour
Twenty NI servicemen are recalled today. John Kinnin from Belfast died as a result of a training exercise with the … More
February 16. QUB doctor’s service in both wars. Roll of Honour
William McMeekin Chesney, MC, and Bar, MiD, was studying medicine at Queen’s University when he joined the OTC in 1911. … More
February 2. Foundation of RAF Regiment. Roll of Honour
In 1917 William Wilson an army doctor from Bushmills died whilst attached to the Nepal Carabiniers. Another doctor, Hugh Given … More
December 22 – MP TA officer mostly responsible for Caubeens. Roll of Honour
Portrait of Bala Bredin. In 1915 Ballymoney man Archie Nichol one of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers ‘Last Ditchers’ died in … More
November 26. 700 dead in HMS Bulwark explosion. Leading medic Sir William Thompson. Roll of Honour
Without a shot being fired, the mixture of men, mines and munitions is always a potential for danger. This was … More
November 5. Lord Annesley RN fought in air and on land. Roll of Honour
Lord Annesley of Castlewellan serving with the Royal Naval Service Armoured Car Division saw at first hand the allies failed … More
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