In 1943 aircraft carrier HMS Dasher (photo) caught fire and exploded. It was the Royal Navy’s second largest catastrophe in … More
Tag: RNAS
January 17. Ship losses and Colditz. Roll of Honour
John Carr of the Royal Naval Air Service was lost on a ship taking him to a new post in … More
December 23. Voluntary ambulance driver and Naval air pilot. Roll of Honour
Thomas Malcolmson Greeves was a son of a well-known Belfast linen family. He served with the Friends Ambulance unit before … More
November 5. Lord Annesley RN, fought in air and on land. Roll of Honour
Included in today’s Roll from WW1 are Lord Annesley of Castlewellan a naval aviator, James Gaston a medical officer from … More
September 24 – Roll of Honour
HRH Prince Charles at the 75th-anniversary remembrance of Operation Market Garden. Today’s Roll includes one of the first RAF casualties … More
June 09 – Tandragee sailor’s six crossings to D Day beaches. Roll of Honour
Remembering Wm Tyrell a 19-year-old WW1 air ace; WW2 – Belfast Gunners at Dunkirk; RUR on D Day +3
