Events Calendar
.
How to Search:
• To find events organised by a particular Branch, for example Lisburn Branch, search for ‘Lisburn Branch’.
• To search for a particular type of Event, search for ‘talk’, ‘outing’, ‘DNA school’, ‘AGM’, ‘quiz’, etc.
• To search for a particular Event or Speaker, search the name, or part of the name.
.
To see all the available Events within a particular month, switch to the ‘Month‘ view.
.
CSM William J. McCutcheon MM (1917-45): a Lisburn soldier and the liberation of Europe | Dr James Frazer | Lisburn Branch
Tuesday, 11 March 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm GMT
Talk for NIFHS Lisburn Branch, CSM William J. McCutcheon MM (1917-45): a Lisburn soldier and the liberation of Europe by Dr James Frazer (Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum), Tuesday, 11 March 2025 @ 7.30 pm.
On-site event.
This talk considers the life and career of ‘Bill’ McCutcheon who grew up in the Smithfield area of Lisburn.
He served in the 1st (Airborne battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles during the second world war. Gliding into France by air on D-Day,he later won the Military Medal for Bravery in the Normandy Campaign. He died in March 1945 during Operation Varsity,the crossing of the River Rhine which was a key barrier into Germany.
Dr James Frazer is the Research Officer at the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum.