Remembrance NI
Every day is a Remembrance Day
Month: August 2020
August 14 – Belfast paper’s report of Somme dead. Roll of Honour
The Somme losses of July 1916 are still being recorded as news in the Belfast press. OTD Upperlands man dies in Australian forces. Two lost in a three-masted topsail schooner, a WW1 secret Q ship. RAF losses in both wars.
August 13 – The Manhattan Project begins. Roll of Honour
Four Travers brothers from Derry served in WW1. Michael died on this date in 1915 in Gallipoli. Hugh Montgomery, Campbell College, and QUB, a first-class motorbike racer, after Dunkirk, transferred from the Royal Artillery to fly with RAF in WW2. OTD in 1942 the… Continue Reading “August 13 – The Manhattan Project begins. Roll of Honour”
August 12 – HMS Manchester crew interned in Algeria. Roll of Honour
Four crew from Belfast, Newtownards, and Portadown in HMS Manchester were interned by Vichy French in Algeria in 1942. By 1915 three brothers of the Newell family had died in the war. Links with BRA. The cost of 1917 in Europe is reflected in… Continue Reading “August 12 – HMS Manchester crew interned in Algeria. Roll of Honour”
August 11 – HMS Eagle and HMS Albatross. Roll of Honour
Two centres of musical excellence – Westminster Abbey and the Band of the Royal Marines. 24 names are recorded in today’s Roll. They include four in HMS Eagle in 1942 and four in HMS Albatross which was badly damaged by a U Boat in… Continue Reading “August 11 – HMS Eagle and HMS Albatross. Roll of Honour”
August 10 part 2 of 2. Roll of Honour
The Roll for 1915 is dominated by Gallipoli. Coleraine born Daniel McIfatrick and William Morgan from Lisburn. 1917 and 1918 entries are from Ypres and the Somme. Amongst them is Edward Lennox who enlisted at Kilrea. In 1943 several Riflemen from RUR died in… Continue Reading “August 10 part 2 of 2. Roll of Honour”
August 10 Part 1 of 2 – The UVF dry land sailors honoured by the Tzar. Roll of Honour
111 Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland were involved in what is perhaps the most bizarre linking of Irish politics with the international relations of the First World War. Men from the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) served in Russia with the Royal Navy Armoured… Continue Reading “August 10 Part 1 of 2 – The UVF dry land sailors honoured by the Tzar. Roll of Honour”
August 9 – SAS men from NI executed by the Gestapo. Roll of Honour
Tod Barker from Cookstown and Billy Young from Randalstown were murdered by the Gestapo in 1944. Ernest Harper from Dungannon a junior lecturer at QUB died in Gallipoli. 21 Royal Inniskillings graves are in Potijze Chateau Wood Cemetery, Belgium (photo here). Hazell Alison, a… Continue Reading “August 9 – SAS men from NI executed by the Gestapo. Roll of Honour”
August 8 – The hell of Passchendale. Roll of Honour
Henry Gill from Belfast dies fighting with Australians at Gallipoli – his New Testament, his correspondence, and his mother’s letters form part of the Australian National War Memorial archives. Mustard gas attack on Derry Fusiliers 1917. Boy Sailor Joseph Magill in a sinking and… Continue Reading “August 8 – The hell of Passchendale. Roll of Honour”
