In today’s Veterans Roll read how on this day Sir Ivan Ewart’s saga of war service took a dramatic turn. … More
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December 23. Voluntary ambulance driver and Naval air pilot. Roll of Honour
Thomas Malcolmson Greeves (Photo) was a son of a well-known Belfast linen family. He served with the Friends Ambulance unit … More
November 16. Battle of Ancre. Roll of Honour
Today in 1916, in the final act of the First Battle of the Somme, after two days of hard fighting … More
November 5. Lord Annesley RN fought in air and on land. Roll of Honour
Included in today’s Roll from WW1 is Lord Annesley of Castlewellan who was Northern Ireland’s first naval aviator fatality. Brothers … More
October 10. RN compass inventor lost in RMS Leinster. Roll of Honour
Colin Campbell, a Royal Navy officer from Dungannon was at the cutting edge of compass development. He, his wife, and … More
September 24. Ards brothers in UK and USA forces WW1. Roll of Honour
Photo – HRH King Charles at the 75th – anniversary remembrance of Operation Market Garden. Today’s Roll includes John Robinson … More
August 10. The UVF dry land sailors honoured by the Tzar. Roll of Honour
Walter Smyles, grandfather of Bear Grylls, was among the 111 Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland who were involved in … More
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
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