Company Serjeant-Major James Scott of the Royal Irish Rifles, 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. kept a diary during the Great War. … More
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January 19. Italy Battle Honour for Inniskillings. First losses of 502 Sqdn. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll includes accounts of former Inst student Ralph Ireland, a young RN officer lost in heavy seas in 1917 … More
January 12. QUB students – WW1 Naval apprentice surgeon; WW2 Airborne law student warrior. Roll of Honour.
Two clergy sons feature in today’s Roll. Louis Story was an Instonian whose father was rector of Christ Church, Durham … More
January 4. Canadian sapper from Derry rests on home ground. Roll of Honour
Joseph Dougherty from Newbuildings emigrated to Canada. A Sapper with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he died this day in 1918 … More
December 31. Internal explosion sinks HMS Natal. Roll of Honour
During the afternoon of the 30th December 1915, HMS Natal, under the command of Captain Eric Back, blew up at … More
December 2. Faughs five miles behind enemy lines. Roll of Honour
In today’s Roll, there is a most moving excellent read – a letter written by James McKinstry to his mother … More
November 28. Brook Purdon, army medicine and rugby. Roll of Honour
Major General William Brook Purdon’s distinctive career covered rugby, medicine, war service, and public service. He played rugby for Inst … More
November 23. Medical mother’s war service after son’s death. Roll of Honour
Today’s Roll reflects hard times for the Inniskillings in the Munich Trench in 1916 and for the Royal Irish Rifles … More
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