A selection of local heroes from where I grew up that without doubt showed vast amounts of bravery and courage to help others in a time of need in...
Sergeant E.W. Mills was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. In June, 1941, Sergeant Mills was one of three air gunners in a “Catalina”...
Flight Lieutenant Derrick John D’Alton was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. This officer has taken part in numerous operational missions, a...
Flying Officer Philip Harvey was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He has since been reported missing. This officer has taken part in...
Commander John Witham Esmonde was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in October, 1941, for mastery, determination and skill in action against...
Temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant Miles Patrick Martin, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry, daring and skill...
Temporary Lieutenant James Hooper Poynter Campbell was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in February, 1942, for daring coolness and...
Vice-Admiral Raymond Fitz-Maurice was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours, 1942. He was the...
Lieutenant-Commander Eugene Esmonde, D.S.O., R.N., was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1942. On the morning of February 12th, 1942,...
Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen, R.N., was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1940. He was the third Irishman to receive the award in this war....
... serving with the British Forces FROM LISTS PUBLISHED IN MARCH & NOVEMBER, 1944 Thanks to ADM199 for his continued generosity, this time in...
Hi, I was posting this under the thread Heroes at Rest but I think it would be lost in that thread because at the moment that thread is covering...
“THE MARETH CROSS After the Battle, the Pioneers of the 6th Battalion built this Memorial Cross from local stone, carved the inscription, and...
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