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October 29. Polar expert improved Arctic convoy kit. Roll of Honour

Surgeon Captain Edward W Bingham from Dungannon was one of the most experienced polar explorers before WW2. His expertise developed … More

Arctic convoy, Dungannon, Polar, Randalstown, South Africa

October 23. Four brothers from Randalstown manse. Roll of Honour

Wimeruex Cemetery near Bologne where headstones are laid flat due to sandy soil along the coastal area. Graves include that … More

Derry, Dunmurry, Flanders Fields, HMS Unique, Le Cateau, Limavady, Lt Col John McCrae, Randalstown, Submarines, Wimeruex

October 5. From battlefied to pulpit. Roll of Honour

Photo – V Beach cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli. John MacKeown from Whitehead, a Second Lieutenant with the Connaught Rangers, was a … More

38 Irish Brigade, Culbertson Jackson, Fivemiletown, New Zealand, Presbyterian, Randalstown

August 29. Costly service in Bomber Command. Roll of Honour

Robert Whelan a Company Sergeant Major with the Royal Irish Rifles was awarded both the Military Medal and the Military … More

“Paddy” Forsythe, Bomber Command, Carrickfergus, Castlerock, QUB, QUB Air Squadron, Randalstown, Sir Edward Carson, St Jude’s Belfast, Victoria Cross, Virginia, Wytheville

April 11. Battle of Arras. Roll of Honour

The 1917 Battle of Arras is reflected in today’s Roll of Honour. Two Ballymena men, John Agnew serving with Royal … More

Arras Memorial, Ballymena, Bangor, Belfast, Buchenwald, HMS Beverley, Portrush, Randalstown

March 3. Inniskilling veteran’s service to NI Commonwealth Games Council. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll of Honour includes the records of a Belfast officer William Lyons who was adjutant of the Royal Welsh … More

Ballymena, Canada, Coleraine, Commonwealth Games, Dungannon, QUB, QUBOTC, Randalstown, Vimy Ridge

December 22. The TA officer and MP mostly responsible for Caubeens. Roll of Honour

Jack Macnamara, an MP and London Irish officer who was killed on this day in 1944, was largely responsible for … More

Ballymoney, Caubeen, HMS Audacity, Irish rugby, Macnamara MP, Randalstown, Stephenson

March 3. Inniskilling veteran’s service to NI Commonwealth Games Council. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll of Honour includes the records of a Belfast officer William Lyons who was adjutant of the Royal Welsh … More

Ballymena, Canada, Coleraine, Commonwealth Games, Dungannon, QUB, QUBOTC, Randalstown, Vimy Ridge

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