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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: March 2025

March 23. Admiral McClintock of Ballycarry; Fusilier Morrow of Fivemiletown. Roll of Honour

Admiral John McClintock of Ballycarry retired on this day in 1929, completing 55 years service including four years continuous sea … More

Admiral, Ballycarry, Commando, Fivemiletown, HMS Laforey, Londonderry, McClintock, Palestine, Portadown, Pozieres

March 22. Courageous Derry NCO. Coleraine Gunner’s Italian travels. Roll of Honour

Sergeant James Henry Jackson, M.M. and Bar, from Londonderry died serving with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, resisting the 1918 German … More

Ballymena, Coleraine, HMS Gaillardia, Londonderry, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

March 21. VC won in last major German offensive of WW1. Roll of Honour

The 54 page Roll of Honour today is dominated by the records of some of those who fell in the … More

Comber, Derry, DeWind VC, Kaiserschlacht, RBAI, Spring Offensive, Upperlands, UVF, Veteran, Victoria Cross

March 20. Tommy Jess, Lisburn survivor of HMS Lapwing.Roll of Honour

HMS Lapwing was sunk on a convoy to Murmansk in 1945. Three men from NI were lost. Tommy Jess (photo) … More

Ballymena, Bangor, Coleraine, Downpatrick, Enniskillen, HMS Lapwing, Murmansk, VAD, YMCA

March 19. Future Queen visits Comber for RN baptism. Roll of Honour

HRH Princess Elizabeth came to Comber in 1946 to be godmother at the baptism of Elizabeth Lavinia Sarah King daughter … More

Ballymena, Baptism, Comber, Osborne King, Queen Elizabeth

March 18. The fighting McAtamneys from Carrickfergus. Roll of Honour

Photo – In 1944. Anzio area, Italy. Men from 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers reading the sports newspaper “Ireland’s Saturday Night”. … More

Anzio, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Highland Light Infantry, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Langemarck, McATAMNEY, Qua Iboe, QUB, RBAI, Tyne Cot

March 17. Queen Victoria and the shamrock. Launch of HMS Belfast . Roll of Honour

HMS Belfast was launched on St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 1938 by Anne Chamberlain – the wife of then Prime … More

Chamberlain, HMS Belfast, Irish Brigade, North Irish Horse, Prime Minister, Queen Victoria, Shamrock, St Patrick’s Day

March 16. Female fatalities in RAF and nursing. Roll of Honour

Two women are named in today’s Roll. Sister Rosa McGibbon from Lurgan served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing … More

Aquitania, Bangor, Canada, Dervock, Killyleagh, Lurgan, Military Nursing, Nursing Memorial, Queen Alexandra

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