The Lion and the Shamrock
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On the morning of 1st July 1916, at 07:30 hrs, the first of the Battles of the Somme started. Our President Karen O’Rawe Karen O'Rawe researched and wrote this article about some of the men from Belfast who served #WeWillRememberThem historyhubulster.co.uk/roman-catholic…
Charles I left Nottingham on Thursday, 15 September, 1642, and moved to Derby. Image: Royal Collection Trust
Adam Loftus, Viscount Lisburne, Baron of Rathfarnham, died on 15 September, 1691, at the Siege of #Limerick. A cannonball that apparently killed him hangs above his burial in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Limerick map: Royal Collection Trust
Celebrating 100 years bearing the Privilege of the Freedom of the City of London The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers gathered to march from The Tower of London to the Guildhall this morning. British Army 🇬🇧 First Fusiliers 5 FUSILIERS
Finishing our tour today around the salient with Sophie's Great War Tours and I discovered one of our guests met Captain Charles Upham VC & Bar in the early 1970’s. She said he was a quiet unassuming man and at the time she had no idea who he was.
Want to gain insight on how museums in our network have updated and refurbished their collections? Our speaker Claire Wallace, curator of the Suffolk Regt Museum will highlight their experiences. For more information, please visit this page: eventbrite.co.uk/e/museums-in-c…