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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

August 19 . NI’s Japanese POWs. Belfast’s Aguila Wren. Roll of Honour

Chief Petty Officer George Thompson of Castlerock survived the Battle of the River Plate, the sinking of HMS Exeter, and…

Aguila Wren, Castlerock, Dieppe, Greenisland, HMS Exeter, Japanese POW, Lisburn, Rockport

August 18 – Anniversary of famous ‘High Flight’ poem. Roll of Honour

Today is the anniversary of the writing of one of the most beautiful poems ever composed – “High Flight,” by…

Ballymoney, Castlerock, High Flight, Inst, Langemarch, Limavady, RBAI, Tandragee, Ypres

August 17. Tony Lovell, decorated WW2 air ace. Roll of Honour

Wing Commander Anthony Lovell (second from left) was a decorated ace who served in the Royal Air Force during the…

LOvell, Passchendaele, Portstewart, RAF, Royal Ulster Rifles, Woods

August 16. Second worst day of WW1. Seven Instonians die. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1917 The Battle of Langmarck began. It was fought in horrendous ground and weather conditions. Enemy…

36th (Ulster), Burma, Inst, Langemarck, RBAI, Singapore, VJ Day, Ypres

August 15. Gallipoli, Third Battle of Ypres, and Japanese surrender. Roll of Honour

Photo – On the anniversary of the surrender of Japan in WW2 the British High Commissioner pays tribute at the…

Boys’ Brigade, Gallipoli, Gracehill, Japan surrender, VJ Day, Ypres

August 14. Two north coast men lost in WW1 spy ship HMS Prize. Roll of Honour.

The five entries in today’s Roll for 1915 are of casualties in Gallipoli. Included in the entry of Inniskilling Fusilier…

502 (Ulster) Squadron, Australia, Gallipoli, HMS Prize, Spy ship

August 13. Start of the Manhattan Project. Roll of Honour

Four Travers brothers from Londonderry served in WW1. Michael Travers died on this date in 1915 in Gallipoli. Two of…

All Saints Church Londonderry, atomic bomb, Manhattan Project, motorbike racer, Vancouver

August 12. Crew interned in Algeria after HMS Manchester sinks in Operation Pedestal. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1917, the Belfast Newsletter reported the death of Company Quartermaster Sergeant George Frank Newel, 15th Battalion,…

Algeria, Antrim, Belfast Royal Academy, BRA, HMS Indomitable, HMS Manchester, Operation Pedestal, Portadown

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