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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Category: DAILY POSTS

Overview of posts arranged monthly for easy overview

April 19. Remembered at Tyne Cot and Rangoon. Roll of Honour

A newspaper report from 1915 gives an insight into the establishment of a reserve battalion for the Inniskilling Fusiliers. Five … More

April 18. A Derry sportsman. Deaths in Burmah. Freedom in Germany. Roll of Honour

Charles Trainer, a Londonderry sailer who survived the sinking of HMS Hawke, died in the sinking this day in 1915 … More

Burmah, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Rangoon

April 17. Kemmel Battle Honour for 36th (Ulster) Division. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1934 the Fairey Swordfish biplane, that would become famous for its WW2 Royal Navy service, made … More

36th (Ulster) Division, Brooke, Fairey Swordfish, Kemmel Battle Honour

April 16. German bombing of Londonderry. Roll of Honour

This night in 1941 aerial mines were dropped by the Lufwaffe and aimed at the Royal Naval Maintenance Yard at … More

Belfast blitz, Londonderry blitz

April 15. Belfast Blitz. Liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Roll of Honour

On 15/04/1941 Belfast was hammered in one of the largest and most devastating aerial bombardments of World War II. The … More

Belfast blitz, Belsen, HMS Furious, Leishman

April 14. HM Submarine Upholder. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1942 HM Submarine Upholder was lost with all hands off Tripoli. Two submariners from Northern Ireland … More

Hezlet, Upholder

April 13. Foundation of RFC. HMS Repulse survivor. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1912, The Royal Flying Corps is founded. By the end of the year it had a … More

RFC, Royal Flying Corps

April 12. A day of NI gallantry – WW1 VC; WW2 MM, and 2 DSMs. Roll of Honour

For his actions on Messines Ridge on 12 April 1915 Private Morrow of The Royal Irish Fusiliers was awarded the … More

Morrow VC, VC

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