Remembrance NI
Every day is a Remembrance Day
Category: Daily Remembrance
August 5 – VJ Day and Commonwealth contribution in the Far East. Roll of Honour
John Boyle from Coalisland served with Australian infantry and George Coleman from Dungannon served with Canadian forces in WW1. John Witherow from Derry and his brother both died. Two men from the RUR and Skins died in Sicily in WW2. William Rowan, RAF aircrew… Continue Reading “August 5 – VJ Day and Commonwealth contribution in the Far East. Roll of Honour”
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 in 1916. John Loughrey from Castlederg and the Skins fell in Sicily in 1943, and Tom Williamson from Lisburn and the RUR in Normandy… Continue Reading “August 4 – Outbreak of WW1. Roll of Honour”
August 3 – Etaples: largest Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in France. Roll of Honour
On this day Germany declares war on France in 1914. Battle for Centuripe continues in 1943. James Sterling a Royal Marine mortar man from Belfast is killed in an accidental explosion in an ammunition dugout in 1916. Robert Wallace a 23-year-old RAF aircrew from… Continue Reading “August 3 – Etaples: largest Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in France. Roll of Honour”
August 2 – Passchendaele in the mud and Centuripe. Roll of Honour
Remembering nine from NI who died on this day. In WW2 William Hanna an Ulster Rugby player dies leading a company of the Royal Ulster Rifles at Centuripe and RAF aircrew John Hynds from Maguiresbridge and William Hynds from Belfast die in the Far… Continue Reading “August 2 – Passchendaele in the mud and Centuripe. Roll of Honour”
August 1 – Context of actions, Passchendaele and Magennis VC. Roll of Honour
Two contexts – where Magennis won the VC in WW2 and Passchendaele, the Third Battle of Ypres, one of the most costly and controversial Allied offensives in WW1. Eight men from throughout NI represent those who died on this day.
July 31 – Submariner Magennis wins NI’s only Victoria Cross in WW2. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1945, James Magennis service merits a VC. In 1916 Hugh Henderson of the Royal Irish Fusiliers is the first to die in the 36th(Ulster) Division’s first action after the Battle of the Somme. In 1917 The Third Battle of Ypres… Continue Reading “July 31 – Submariner Magennis wins NI’s only Victoria Cross in WW2. Roll of Honour”
July 30 – Passchendaele, Campbell College and Castlerock. Roll of Honour
Campbell College CCF Pipes and Drums at the Menin Gate 2019. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele – The Third Battle of Ypres. Twelve former students of Campbell College, Belfast were killed during the battle. Three men from Castlerock fell. Today’s… Continue Reading “July 30 – Passchendaele, Campbell College and Castlerock. Roll of Honour”
July 29 – Lurgan may claim NI’s most decorated fighter ace of WW2. Roll of Honour
Robert Turkington from Lurgan is amongst the foremost fighter pilots in WW2 from Northern Ireland. On this day in 1921 Hitler is elected leader of an obscure political party in Austria. In 1924 One of three Royal Naval Memorials was dedicated at Plymouth Hoe.… Continue Reading “July 29 – Lurgan may claim NI’s most decorated fighter ace of WW2. Roll of Honour”
