Quigg VC story on BBC

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Feb 2015, 11:07 BST

The new BBC documentary series ‘Ireland’s Great War’ will tell the story of local war hero Robert Quigg who was awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

The story of Quigg VC will feature on February 8 at 6pm on BBC1.

Quigg, from Bushmills enlisted in the 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles which had hundreds of Ballymena and district men in its ranks at the beginning of the war.