Following the death of his brother Charles II, James II became King of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1685. James…
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Ulster Grenadiers launch new CD
Following their recent trip to the Ypres Salient, Ulster Grenadiers have produced a new CD to mark their trip. This…
The Battle of Newtownbutler 1689
The Battle of Newtownbutler is one of the forgotten fights of the Irish Jacobite Wars.
Fought before either the Boyne or Aughrim, Newtownbutler was relevant, not because of its size, but because it represented a turning point in the war.
For the Fallen
by Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,England mourns for her dead across the sea.Flesh of her…
I have a rendezvous with Death
By Alan Seeger I have a rendezvous with DeathAt some disputed barricade,When Spring comes back with rustling shadeAnd apple-blossoms fill…
The Kiss
By Siegfried Sassoon To these I turn, in these I trust;Brother Lead and Sister Steel.To his blind power I make…
The Unknown Warrior
The British grave of The Unknown Warrior (often known as ‘The Tomb of The Unknown Warrior’) holds an unidentified British…
Anthem for Doomed Youth
by Wilfred Owen What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? – Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only…
Break of Day in the Trenches
By Issac Rosenberg The darkness crumbles away.It is the same old druid Time as ever,Only a live thing leaps my…
Dulce et Decorum est
By Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting…
Happy Birthday William of Orange!!!
William Henry III, (Willem Hendrik in Dutch) Prince of Orange was born on 4th November 1650. A Dutchman by birth,…
On Somme
By Ivor Gurney Suddenly into the still air burst thudding And thudding, and cold fear possessed me all, On the…