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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: March 2021

March 31. Nuremburg, the RAF’s most costly raid. Roll of Honour

In 1944 RAF Bomber Command suffered its most costly night of the Second World War. 96 bombers were shot down … More

Nuremberg

March 30. The last NIH horse man. Coleraine medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

Ham British Cemetery contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Amongst the graves are those of … More

NIH, North Irish Horse

March 29. Pozières British Cemetery & Memorial. Roll of Honour

Pozières British Cemetery and, surrounding the graves, the Pozières Memorial. Many from NI who died in the 1918 German offensive and … More

Great Escape, Pozières British Cemetery

March 28. Colditz escaper. Coleraine air-ace. Roll of Honour

This day in 1942 Billy Stephens was taken prisoner during Operation Chariot, the raid on St Nazaire. He was one … More

Beamish, Colditz, MI5, Pakenham, St Nazaire

March 27. Last day of 36th Ulster Division. WW2 Naval airman cheats death. Roll of Honour

In 1943 aircraft carrier HMS Dasher (photo) caught fire and exploded. It was the Royal Navy’s second largest catastrophe in … More

Babington, Fleet Air Arm, Gaza, HMS Dasher, RNAS

March 26. Whippets released in German Spring Offensive. Roll of Honour

The Medium Mark A “Whippet” tank went into action for the first time on this day in 1918 against the … More

HMS Jaguar, North Irish Horse, Whippet

March 25. Kaiserschlacht. Operation Varsity. Roll of Honour

The 1918 entries in today’s Roll continue to reflect the cost of resisting the German Spring offensive – the Kaiserschlacht. … More

Kaiserschlacht, Operation Varsity

March 24 – Royal Ulster Rifles airborne in Rhine crossing. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1944 gliders were used on Operation Varsity to transport Royal Ulster Rifles.1st. (Airborne) Battalion, in the … More

Kaiserschlacht, Montgomery, Operation Varsity, RUR

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