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November 12. WW2 Fleet Air Arm ace from NI. Roll of Honour

Michael Torrens-Spence was one of 21 navy flyers who made history on the night of 11/12 November 1940 in the … More

Ballynahinch, FAA, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Caroline, Portstewart, RFC, Royal Flying Corps, Taranto, Torrens-Spence

October 24. Motor sportsman was WW1 flyer. Roll of Honour

Leslie Porter was a keen car racer and international rally driver from Derry and Holywood who became an RFC pilot … More

Alamein, Bessbrook, Downpatrick, HMS Eclipse, Porter, RFC, Serre Road, Somme, Tynan

October 20. Last movement of 36th (Ulster) Division. Kilrea born Royal Flying Corps pilot. Roll of Honour

There are ten members of the Royal Irish Rifles remembered in today’s Roll of Honour. On the night of the … More

36 (Ulster)Division, 502 (Ulster) Squadron, Greenisland, Kilrea, NIH, RBAI, RFC, scouts

September 5 – HMS Pathfinder first RN warship sunk by a locomotive torpedo from a U boat. Roll of Honour

Photo – Window bearing the crest of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps in Belfast Cathedral. Below the window … More

HMS Pathfinder, Nurses, QARANC, Queen’s University Air Squadron, RFC

June 9. Tyrell MC air ace of WW1. DCM for NI para post D Day. Roll of Honour

Michael John McGee, from Mill Street, Aughnacloy, served with 7th Parachute Battalion and jumped behind the German lines in 1944. … More

8th. HAA Regiment, Belfast Gunners, D Day, Dunkirk, RBAI, RFC, RNAS, Royal Artillery, RUR, Tyrell

May 19. North Irish Horse dismounts in WW1. Roll of Honour

Newry-born Francis Joseph McMahon recounts life with the NIH in WW1 and his journey to Egypt with their horses when … More

Anzac Cove, Australia, Ballymena Academy, Canada, North Irish Horse, RFC

April 24. First Belfastman to win VC in WW1 served with Canadians. Roll of Honour

Fred Hall’s parents were married in Belfast where their familly was born. Hall had a remarkable career with the Canadian … More

Bulloch, Canada, Glencraig, RFC, VC

April 13. Foundation of Royal Flying Corps. HMS Repulse survivor. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1912, The Royal Flying Corps was founded. By the end of the year it had a … More

Annsborough, Antrim, Armagh, Coleraine, Dunmurry, HMS Repulse, Lisburn, Londonderry, RFC, Royal Flying Corps

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