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Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: January 2021

January 31. Emma Duffin VAD. Battle of Moy. Roll of Honour

Emma Duffin who served as a VAD Nurse in both world wars is remembered today. She served in WW1 military … More

Battle of May, Emma Duffin

January 30. Newfoundland Escort Force Bell. Roll of Honour

The Newfoundland Escort Force Bell honours the sacrifices made protecting merchant convoys during World War II. Three bells were commissioned … More

Bomber, Londonderry, Newfoundland

January 29. Anzio sinking survivor’s Sunday date. Roll of Honour

Albert Kirkpatrick survived the sinking of HMS Spartan off Anzio. He kept an interesting weekly date at St Columb’s Cathedral, … More

Anzio, HMS Avondale, HMS Spartan, LOvell

January 28. The poet of remembrance. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1918 the writer of the most famous poem of WW1 died. John McCrae was a Canadian … More

Ballentine, Great Escape, John McCrae

January 27. Events on this day. Roll of Honour

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day – On this day in 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. By … More

January 26. Australia Day. Roll of Honour

The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux is a memorial to 62,000 Australian personnel who died during the First World War … More

Australian memorial, US army arrives, Villers-Bretonneux

January 25. Female medical trailblazer. Roll of Honour

Isabel Addley Tate is the only woman to be named on the Queen’s University War Memorial. One of the first … More

Laurentic, QUB woman medic

January 24. Battle of Dogger Bank. Roll of Honour

HMCS Sackville (Above) the only remaining Flower Class corvette. In today’s Roll is Ian McCormack from Knock, an officer who … More

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