James Thompson of the Royal Irish Regiment, and Coleraine, was lost in the troopship SS Arcadian in the Mediterranean when it was torpedoed and sank this day in 1917. Six men from NI were lost in HMS Mourne and HMS Blackwood, both sunk in action on this day in 1944. Four RAF men were lost on the same day including James Weir on a mission to bomb E-boat facilities in Le Havre. The former Rockport and Campbell student is named on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing (see top of photo here) is at Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery. Photo here. For today’s full report click on –
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