William McMeekin Chesney, MC, and Bar, MiD, was studying medicine at Queen’s University when he joined the OTC in 1911. … More
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February 15. Newry pilot’s DFC and 14 bombing missions. Roll of Honour
Robert Nugent from Belfast had served in China and India before WW1. He took part in the Gallipoli landing before … More
January 26. Australia Day. Son of shipyard founder dies. Roll of Honour
The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux is in remembrance of 62,000 Australian personnel who died during the First World War … More
October 1. 1,816 POWs lost in Japanese ship sinking. Roll of Honour
Twelve remembered today rest in Dadizeele New British Cemetery (Photo), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They died this day in 1918 near Hill … More
August 27. Tourist attraction was troop ship. Roll of Honour
The Battle of Le Cateau, took place on August 26th, 1914. A Derryman Drummer Kydd, of the 2nd Battalion Royal … More
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