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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

April 2. RUR advance into Germany in WW2. Roll of Honour

Photo – Reichswald Forest War Cemetery where three men from NI are remembered who died serving this day in 1945…

Airborne, Jutland, Reichswald, RUR

April 01. South African lead in formation of RAF. Roll of Honour

In 1918 the RAF was formed as a separate service, independent of the Army and the Royal Navy – the…

RAF founding

March 31. Nuremburg, the RAF’s most costly raid. Roll of Honour

In 1944 RAF Bomber Command suffered its most costly night of the Second World War. 96 bombers were shot down…

Nuremberg

March 30. The last NIH horse man. Coleraine medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

Ham British Cemetery contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Amongst the graves are those of…

NIH, North Irish Horse

March 29. Pozières British Cemetery & Memorial. Roll of Honour

Pozières British Cemetery and, surrounding the graves, the Pozières Memorial. Many from NI who died in the 1918 German offensive and…

Great Escape, Pozières British Cemetery

March 28. Colditz escaper. Coleraine air-ace. Roll of Honour

This day in 1942 Billy Stephens was taken prisoner during Operation Chariot, the raid on St Nazaire. He was one…

Beamish, Colditz, MI5, Pakenham, St Nazaire

March 27. Last day of 36th Ulster Division. WW2 Naval airman cheats death. Roll of Honour

In 1943 aircraft carrier HMS Dasher (photo) caught fire and exploded. It was the Royal Navy’s second largest catastrophe in…

Babington, Fleet Air Arm, Gaza, HMS Dasher, RNAS

March 26. Whippets released in German Spring Offensive. Roll of Honour

The Medium Mark A “Whippet” tank went into action for the first time on this day in 1918 against the…

HMS Jaguar, North Irish Horse, Whippet

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