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Frederick Hermann Schomberg was born at Heidelberg of a German father and English mother in the year 1615.  He became a Captain in the Scottish Guards of the French Army in 1652 and fought at the Battle of the Dunnes … Continue reading →

Special branch for Somme man A fine sycamore towers in the front garden of a small house in the Donegal village of Gortahork. People can’t remember a time when it wasn’t there. Before he travelled to France last weekend for … Continue reading →

ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY WAR HERITAGE GROUP MONDAY 8 JULY 2013      6.00 pm COMMITTEE ROOM 4 (MAIN COMMITTEE CORRIDOR)   HOUSE OF LORDS  Minutes of the Meeting  Apologies for absence:   Lord Boswell, Lord Eden, Julian Lewis MP, Ann McGuire MP, Madeleine Moon … Continue reading →

Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title and ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s champion with a hard-fought victory over world number one Novak Djokovic. The Scot, 26, converted his fourth championship point in a dramatic final game to … Continue reading →

This was the 50th Wedding Anniversary Party of my oldest friends, Edmund (Big Ed) and Kathleen Irvine of Conlig, organised by Sonia, Megan and Edmund (Eddie)…

Helen’s Tower at Clandeboye contains a beautiful room in which are inscribed poems by Lady Helen Dufferin, Lord Alfred Tennyson and Rudyard Kipling, amongst others. Tennyson’s reads:  Helen’s Tower here I stand, Dominant over sea and land. Son’s love built … Continue reading →

William Sloan was born in Newtownards, County Down, Ireland. He was the only  son of Anthony and Lizzie Sloan ( McCreedy) who lived in Roseneath Cottage, Main Street, Conlig, Co Down, near my father’s shop, at the corner of  the … Continue reading →

For me American Idependence Day should make us reflect on the American Civil War which was a direct result of the War of Independence, on the retention of British North America, which became Canada, that model of modern Democracy, the destruction … Continue reading →

  Each year on 1 July, the Thiepval Memorial becomes the focus of the beginning of the day’s commemorations to mark the opening of the Battle of the Somme.  Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built between 1928 and 1932, the panels on the … Continue reading →

Tuesday 2nd July 0830hrs                                   Breakfast in hotel 0930hrs                                   Depart for Calais and ferry crossing to Dover 1740hrs                                   Arrive London Gatwick for Flybe flight to Belfast BE974 1940hrs                                   Depart London Gatwick Airport for Belfast 2105hrs                                   (approx) Arrive Belfast City Airport … Continue reading →