When the Sinn Fein Rebellion broke out in Dublin on Easter Monday, the 24th April 1916, the Assistant Adjutant General, Colonel H.V. Cowan, in the absence of both the General Officer Commanding in Chief, Major General L.B.Friend, and his Brigadier General, General...
This article was written by WR McDowell (Cdr RN Rtd) I work with a small team of museum volunteers whose task for the past four years has been to collate all the artefacts possessed by the museum, both those artefacts on display and those not on display (due to lack...
As we try to shake off the Christmas excesses and prepare for 2013, it is perhaps time to reflect on our summer activities of 2012. A busy summer period involved a Field Trip, preparation and considerable research into the names recorded on the Fermanagh War Memorial...
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Bill Vincent, a former officer in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He died on 18 October 2012 in Monaco. Biography of Arthur William Bourn Vincent The son of an Irish father, Arthur Rose Vincent, a graduate of...
It is with deep sadness that we record the death of Lieutenant Colonel J M V M Cargin LVO (Johnny) in hospital in Cork on Friday 2nd November 2012 after a short illness. Johnny Cargin was commissioned into the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 17th...
Re-enactment groups are societies of enthusiastic individuals who meet to relive military activities in historical times. They research in minute detail the uniforms, equipment and military manoeuvres relevant to particular historical periods. Wearing reproduction...
Captain LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES was born 17th March 1880, in Putney,London. In 1898 after Ieaving Eton, Oates joined the 3rd West Yorkshire (Militia) Regiment, and two years later joined the army, being posted to the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. Oates in uniform...
From 30 March to 30 June 2012, the Inniskillings Museum, in conjunction with the Fermanagh County Museum and the Tower Museum, Londonderry, will be staging the ‘Connection and Division Exhibition’ which challenges preconceptions and highlights hidden histories for the...
