1st May 1941
In May, we recall the tragic events of The Fire Raid of the Belfast Blitz that took place on 4th-5th May 1941, as well as the happier times of V.E. Day in 1945.
24th April 1941
On 24th April 1941, His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester continued his Ulster visit inspecting troops in Co. Armagh, Co. Tyrone, and the H.Q. of B.T.N.I.
21st April 1941
On 21st April 1941, His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester arrived at R.A.F. Aldergrove, Co. Antrim to begin a short visit to Ulster.
25th March 1941
On 25th March 1941, tanks rolled through the Co. Armagh countryside. Two years later, new army recruits were tested at a barracks in Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
7th March 1941
On 7th March 1942, Corporal Earl Ervin Perkins died at an army camp in Co. Antrim. He was the U.S. Army's first fatality in the European Theater of Operations.
2nd December 1940
On 2nd December 1940, U-47 fired a single torpedo, striking S.S. Ville d'Arlon amidships and sinking the British merchant vessel in the mid-Atlantic ocean.
59 Seagoe Road Portadown Co. Armagh BT63 5HS
There are ten Second World War Commonwealth War Graves in Seagoe Cemetery, Portadown, Co. Armagh. The cemetery is on Seagoe Road on the outskirts of the town.
1st November 1940
On 1st November 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed soldiers of an Ulster Home Guard Motor Transport Company and members of The Pioneer Corps.
21st June 1940
Henry "Harry" Kane was a well-known footballer in Portadown, Co. Armagh. He died on 21st June 1940 when H.M.S. Cape Howe sailing as Prunella came under attack.
30th May 1940
On 30th May 1940, many soldiers with connections to Northern Ireland were caught up in the evacuation of Dunkirk, on the beaches or fighting in the rear guard.
3rd September 1939
In Northern Ireland, the weather turns colder and the days grow shorter in September. But that did not stop the ongoing training and toughening up of troops.
14th July 1939
11th July bonfires are a tradition among the Unionist and Loyalist communities in Northern Ireland but they took on a different glow in the Second World War.