Irish Guards – Ireland's Military Story

13 - September , 2021

Carrickfergus Castle Hosts Massed Irish Bands

Posted by : Wesley Bourke
British Army, Carrickfergus Castle, Irish Guards, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, Midland East Antrim Borough Council, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner's Office, Patrick Hugh Lynch, Royal Irish Regiment, The Queen's Royal Hussars, The Royal Dragoon Guards
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First posted 9 September For the first time in 35 years the massed bands of the four Irish regiments of the British Army joined together on Saturday last to perform at Carrickfergus Castle, Co. Antrim. The beautiful ancient Norman Castle on the northern shore of Belfast Lough provided the backdrop to the Irish Guards and

22 - November , 2017

Clement Robertson The First Tank VC

Posted by : Wesley Bourke
Delgany, Irish Guards, Passchendaele, Royal Tank Regiment, The Great War, Victoria Cross, Wicklow, Ypres
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Clement Robertson – The First Tank VC By Ian Robertson (Grand Nephew) Published in Autumn 2017 edition At the beginning of World War I tank warfare was not in the manuals of the day. To break the deadlock of trench warfare however, the belligerent nations began to develop armed armoured tracked vehicles. These were crude