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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: December 2022

December 31. Internal explosion sinks HMS Natal. Roll of Honour

During the afternoon of the 30th December 1915, HMS Natal, under the command of Captain Eric Back, blew up at … More

Banbridge, HMS Natal, Japanese POW, Londonderry, Masonic, Portadown, RBAI, RFC

December 30. NI men served on highjacked spyship. Roll of Honour

Two Royal Marines and a naval officer were lost when the WW2 spyship HMS Felicity was sunk this day in … More

40 Commando, Brann, HMS Felicity, Montgomery, Royal Marines, Spy ship, T Company

December 29. International rugby players served in WW1. Roll of Honour

On the first day of 1912 Ireland played France at rugby in Paris. Irish internationals Alfred Squire Taylor, William Victor … More

Ballymoney, Bushmills, Irish rugby, Japanese POW, Randalstown, Rugby internationals

December 28. Tournai Communal Cemetery. Roll of Honour 

Chief Petty officer Thomas McLaughlin who had family links with Coleraine died serving in the Royal Naval Division at Achi … More

Austin, Battle of Britain, Bushmills, Coleraine, Gallipoli, Jutland, Londonderry, Portadown, Tunisia

December 27. Ni service in Canadian forces. Roll of Honour

The Vimy Ridge Memorial is Canada’s largest monument outside the country. NI men served in Canadian forces in both World … More

Ballygawley, Canada, Moose Jaw, Moy, Portstewart, Vimy Ridge

December 26. Yachtsman from RNIYC and HMS Caroline lost. Roll of Honour

Walter Edmenson, a Naval Reserve officer from HMS Caroline, who was a member of Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, … More

Dungannon, HMS Caroline, HMS Duke of York, HMS Pink, Killyleagh, Londonderry, North Cape, RNIYC, Scharnhorst

December 25. NI Field Marshall honoured by the USA. Roll of Honour

Lurgan-born Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill became Churchill’s military ambassador to the USA. An equestrian statue in his honour … More

Arlington, Ballymena, China, Dill, Field Marshal, Harbison, Hong Kong, Luhera, Lurgan, Nijmegen, Nova Scotia, USA

December 24. Two exceptional women. Roll of Honour

Remembered today are Ruth Dickson and Frances Mayne. Ruth from Eglish served as a nurse in WW1. In 1923, she … More

Bangor, Bletchley, Dungannon, Enigma, Japanese POW, Mayne, Newtownards, Nursing

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