Remembrance NI
Every day is a Remembrance Day
Tag: 38 Irish Brigade
December 31 – Roll of Honour
On This Day in 1918, William Leefe Robinson VC died. He was the first to shoot down a German airship over Britain and received the Victoria Cross. Months later he was later shot down and taken prisoner. After the war, he was repatriated but,…
July 15 – The Sash blessed by the Pope
From the annals of 38 (Irish) Brigade in Italy 1944 – Sion Mills Sgt Major had his Sash when he met the Pope
June 25 – On this day
The day on which a Soviet victory parade is held in Red Square, the Berlin airlift starts, and Korea is invaded
June 24 – On this day
24 June 1941 – Sloop HMS Auckland was sunk by German aircraft off Tobruk while on convoy escort duty. She had her stern blown off by bombs and shortly afterwards exploded and sank. 37 crew died, 162 survivors were rescued by HMAS Parramatta. For…
June 18 – On this day
Victory at Waterloo 1815, Churchill’s ‘this was their finest hour’ speech 1940, radar and role in Battle of Britain revealed in 1941, and in 1945 British demobilization begins
