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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: August 2021

August 31. Caroline WRNS sang soprano and tuned depth chargers. Roll of Honour

In 1918 Lieutenant Robert Russell from Whitehead died serving with the Dunsterforce Expedition in Mesopotamia. It had developed from the … More

CAI, Coleraine, Dunsterforce, HMS Caroline, QUB, Wimereux

August 30. Telegraph editor was Churchill’s card index memory man. Roll of Honour

Jack Sayers was the son of the editor of the Belfast Telegraph. A Naval Reserve officer, he was in HMS … More

Befast Telegraph, Churchill, Foyle College, Map Room, Portstewart, Sayers

August 29. Costly service in Bomber Command. Roll of Honour

Robert Whelan a Company Sergeant Major with the Royal Irish Rifles was awarded both the Military Medal and the Military … More

Bomber Command, RAMC, Randalstown

August 28. Bangor doctor died with Commando in Dieppe raid. Roll of Honour

Photo – Brian Boru X of the Royal Irish. In 1915 Connaught Ranger William Kilpatrick from Portstewart fell at Gallipoli. … More

AustraliaMemorial, Baronscourt, Commando, Dieppe, Gallipoli, RAMC

August 27. Tourist attraction was troop ship. Roll of Honour

The Battle of Le Cateau, took place on August 26th, 1914. A Derryman Drummer Kydd, of the 2nd Battalion Royal … More

D Day, Inniskilling drum, Japanese POW, Nomadic, RUR Keegan, Singapore

August 26. Jimmy Hughes, Gunner and RBL stalwart. Roll of Honour

Photo – Red Arrows over New York. In 1914 Charles O’Donnell was the first man from Londonderry to die in … More

HMS Caroline, Londonderry, Taggart, WDR & RT Taggart

August 25. Queen’s lecturer’s courage. Shankill submariner decorated. Roll of Honour

In 1914 a QUB Lecturer in Archaeology and Ancient History was killed on the second day of the Battle of … More

Comber, Mons, Newtownards, Paris, QUB, Strabane, Submarines

August 24. Eisenhower’s tribute to three Ulster Field Marshalls. Roll of Honour

General Eisenhower returned to Northern Ireland in 1945 where he received the Freedom of Belfast and a Doctorate of Law … More

Alexander, Brooke, Eisenhower, FAA, Limavady, Montgomery, Royal Ulster Rifles

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