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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: March 2022

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

Ballintoy, Bomber Command, Eglinton, Lisburn, National Arboretum, Nuremberg raid, Omagh, Royal Flying Corps

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

Auckland, CAI, Coleraine, Cookstown, Kilrea, New Zealand, North Irish Horse, TCD

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

Ballymoney, Cambrai, Dunadry, Dunkirk, Great Escape, Pozières, Sandy Row

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, Coleraine, Langford Lodge, MI5, Operation Chariot, 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 Roya Navy’s second largest catastrophe in … More

Babington, Coleraine, Fleet Air Arm, Gaza, HMS Dasher, Limavady, Muckamore, RNAS

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

Six sons of the Thompson famiy of Gobnascale House, Londonderry served in WW1. William who died this day in 1918 … More

Bushmills, CAI, Coleraine, Cookstown, Gilford, HMS Jaguar, Londonderry, North Irish Horse, Tanks, Whippet

March 25. Kaiserschlacht WW1. Operation Varsity WW2. Roll of Honour

Dungannon born John Tackaberry was serving as the medical officer with the 31st Punjabi Regiment when he died from cerebral-spinal … More

Bangor, Basra, Coleraine, Dungannon, Kaiserschlacht, Lisburn, Varsity

March 24 – 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

Airborne, Cugny, Kaiserschlacht, Montgomery, Operation Varsity, RUR

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