On August 17 1914 the first mobilised squadron of the North Irish Horse sailed to France. George Graham from Dervock … More
Category: Daily Remembrance
August 4 – Outbreak of WW1. Roll of Honour
Tom Cunningham from Crossgar was one of the sons of the Empire who died serving with the Australian Light Horse … More
July 4 – WW1 Memorial records. NI men lost in HMS Foylebank WW2. Roll of Honour
The Books of the Dead record Irish fallen of WW1. HMS Foylebank, an anti-aircraft vessel, was sunk in a Luftwaffe … More
June 19 – Belfast RAF man spent year with Belgian underground. Roll of Honour
After crash landing, Belfast RAF man stayed from May 44 until liberation with Belgian underground. In 1944 two from North … More
June 09 – Tandragee sailor’s six crossings to D Day beaches. Roll of Honour
Remembering Wm Tyrell a 19-year-old WW1 air ace; WW2 – Belfast Gunners at Dunkirk; RUR on D Day +3
June 08 – HMS Glorious lost in airstrikes off Narvik. Roll of Honour
Men from NI were in HMS Glorious sunk by gunfire off Narvik. Photo – The graves of several Royal Ulster … More
June 07 – Battle of Messines 1917. RUR on D Day +1
The Battle of Messines in WW1 had the biggest bomb before the atomic bomb. Fusilier John Meeke of the unionist … More
June 06. D-Day – Rifleman Billy Moore. Roll of Honour
D-Day through the accounts of Lisburn’s Billy Moore of the Royal Ulster Rifles. Eisenhower’s Message to the forces. Stats in … More
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