Today is the anniversary of the founding regiment of the Royal Marines. Nine members of the Royal Irish Rifles who … More
Tag: Royal Ulster Rifles
October 21. Ulster Rifles and Artillery in liberation of Italy. Roll of Honour
Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery … More
June 7. Biggest bomb before the atomic at Battle of Messines 1917. Royal Ulster Rifles on D Day +1. Roll of Honour
The Battle of Messines in WW1 had the biggest bomb before the atom bomb. Fusilier John Meeke of the Unionist … More
June 6. NI at D-Day – Billy Moore RUR, William Cooke RN – Eight crossings to D Day beaches. Roll of Honour
D-Day eye-witness accounts from Lisburn’s Billy Moore of the Royal Ulster Rifles and from Tandragee, William Cooke, Royal Navy. Eisenhower’s … More
February 27. NI navy men in Battle of Java Sea. Roll of Honour
John McGuckin from Cookstown, Thomas Graham, and William Hagan from Belfast were lost in HMS Jupiter in 1942 in the … More
February 5. RUR intelligence gathering 1945. Roll of Honour
In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More
January 24. Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill. Roll of Honour
Sub-Lieutenant Ian McCormick fell serving with the Royal Naval Division at Beaumont Hamel on the Somme. The twenty-one-year-old was the … More
February 5. RUR WW2 intelligence gathering. Roll of Honour
In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More
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