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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: May 2020

May 27 – Roll of Honour. Dunkirk evacuations day one

On this day: The first day of evacuations from Dunkirk in 1940. The sinking of the Bismarck in 1941. Two … More

Bismarck, Dunkirk, HMS Majestic, HMS Princess Irene

The Royal Ulster Rifles at Dunkirk

Bala Bredin’s recollections; How 338,000 Allied troops were saved in ‘miracle of deliverance’; 40 Facts about Dunkirk; The Dunkirk Memorial

Bala Bredin, Dunkirk, Royal Ulster Rifles, RUR

May 07 – Roll of Honour

Edward Mockler serving with Canadian infantry was injured at the Battle of Langemarck, died of his wounds in Cambridge, and … More

07 May, May 07

May 06 – Roll of Honour

Three men serving with the Royal Naval Division fell in Gallipoli in 1915. Since 1916 three Royal Irish Riflemen rest … More

06 May, HMS Gloucester, May 96

May 05 – Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll reflects aspects of WW2. Local Gunners killed in an air raid on the Twin Islands in Belfast and … More

05 May, Durnbach, May 05, the Reichswald Forest and southern Germany. Infantry in Italy and Pakistan., Today’s Roll reflects aspects of WW2. Local Gunners killed in an air raid on the Twin Islands in Belfast and in Singapore. RAF war graves in the Netherlands

May 04 – Roll of Honour

The first two entries in today’s Roll recall NI men who served with Canadian forces in WW1. WW2 entries include … More

04 May, HMS Sheffield, May 04

May 03 – Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll begins with two Royal Marines from Belfast and Derry named on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli. Our veteran … More

3 May, Ian Smith, In Flanders fields, Limavady, May 3, MC

May 02 – Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. Sir Robin Kinahan served with a Belfast gunner unit in … More

2 May, HMS Edinburgh, May 2, Robin Kinahan

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