Read accounts and Roll of Honour of those from NI who served as Japanese Prisoners of War. They come from all parts of NI. This is not a completed list. Please forward names of any others. On this day in 1914, the British Expeditionary Force arrives in Europe. According to legend, the Kaiser describes the six infantry divisions and five cavalry brigades sent across the Channel as “that contemptible little army.” Today in 1940, one of history’s largest dogfights rages above southern England as the Luftwaffe tries to break the RAF. More than 100 planes are shot down in what will be remembered as the “Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain. In 1942 over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers are killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France. On this day in 1944, with the Allied army approaching Paris, the French Resistance rises up against Nazi troops occupying the city. More than 3,200 Germans die in four days of fighting. WRNS Third Officer Alix Joy was lost in SS Aquila with 21 other WRNS en route to Gibraltar and is remembered at the National Arboretum.
Remembrance NI - Every day is a Remembrance Day 