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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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February 21. The Battle of Verdun starts. Roll of Honour

Alex Hill from Whiteabbey was lost in HMS Princess Alberta in 1917 when she hit a mine in the Agean … More

Australia, Belfast Gunners, Dunmurry, Fivemiletown, HMS Princess Alberta, Irish Guards, Londonderry, New Zealand

February 20. The UVF prepare for war. Roll of Honour

Read contemporary newspaper reports here on the UVF’s preparation for WW1 in 1914 and how Lisburn was the guinea pig … More

Annalong, Armagh, Australia, Bushmills, Canada, Canberra, HMS Warwick, Islandmagee, Lisburn, Londonderry, North Irish Horse

January 26. Australia Day. Son of Belfast shipyard founder. First US troops deploy in WW2. Roll of Honour

The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux is a memorial to 62,000 Australian personnel who died during the First World War … More

Australia, Australian memorial, Boys’ Brigade, Singapore, US Army, Villers-Bretonneux, Workman Clark

November 14. Limavady War Memorial’s Australian officer. Roll of Honour

William Stewart from Dungiven emigrated to Australia. His brother George emigrated to Canada. Both enlisted in the armies of their … More

ATS, Australia, Canada, Destroyers, HMS Cavalier, Limavady, Portrush

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 … More

502 (Ulster) Squadron, Australia, Gallipoli, HMS Prize, Spy ship

August 7. Derry’s Australia Light Horse Trooper at Gallipoli. Roll of Honour

In today’s Roll are the names of 14 NI men who died on this day in 1915 in Gallipoli including … More

Australia, Cullybackey, Dungannon Rugby Club, Gallipoli, JapanPoW, Lisnagarvey Hockey Club, Lone Pine, Sports

August 4. War starts 1914 Germany invades Belgium. Roll of Honour

On this day after being refused free passage to France, Germany invaded Belgium in 1914, violating the Treaty of London. … More

16th (Irish), 36th (Ulster), Australia, Ballymoney, Castlederg, Crossgar, Lisburn, Normandy, North Irish Horse, Sicily

July 29. Lurgan may claim NI’s most decorated fighter ace of WW2. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1921 Hitler is elected leader of an obscure political party in Austria. In 1924 one of … More

Australia, Dungiven, Larne, Lurgan, Lurgan College, Plymouth Hoe, Turkington, US Army

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