Lieutenant – Colonel Richard Annesley West, D.S.O., M.C., North Irish Horse, attached Tank Corps, was awarded the Victoria Cross thhis…
August 20. Kilrea’s Royal Flying Corps ace. Inst/QUB doctor died at Dieppe. Widow’s war service. Roll of Honour
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” — Winston Churchill offered…
August 19 – VJ – Northern Ireland’s Japanese POWs. Hardest Day of the Battle of Britain 1940. Dieppe 1942. Roll of Honour
Read accounts and Roll of Honour of those from NI who served as Japanese Prisoners of War. They come from…
August 18 – Anniversary of famous ‘High Flight’ poem. Roll of Honour
Today is the anniversary of the writing of one of the most beautiful poems ever composed – “High Flight,” by…
August 17. Tony Lovell, decorated WW2 air ace. Roll of Honour
Wing Commander Anthony Lovell (second from left) was a decorated ace who served in the Royal Air Force during the…
August 16. Second worst day of WW1. Seven Instonians die. Roll of Honour
This is the second longest daily post on Remembrance Ni. On this day in 1917 The Battle of Langemarck began.…
August 15. Gallipoli, Third Battle of Ypres, and Japanese surrender. Roll of Honour
The Japanese surrendered in 1945 and Royal Navy Aircraft celebrated with a flypast over HMS Duke of York. David Bell…
August 14. Two north coast men lost in WW1 spy ship HMS Prize. Roll of Honour
The five entries in today’s Roll for 1915 are of casualties in Gallipoli. Included in the entry of Inniskilling Fusilier…
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