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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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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

July 22. Costly service of sons of manse. Roll of Honour

Two Old Campbellians from Presbyterian Manses died on this date. John Davis, of Ballynahinch, a minister of the Church of … More

Australia, Campbell College, Canada, HMS Violet, Irish Guards, Japanese POW, Presbyterian, Sheffield

July 21. Worst 24 hours in Australian military history. Roll of Honour

In 1916 a Nationalist councillor in Dungannon paid tribute to to 36th Ulster Division in such a manner that the … More

36th (Ulster) Division, Australia, Fromelles, Royal Irish

July 17. Ballymoney WW2 RAF pilot served in Vietnam. Roll of Honour

WW2 veteran Wing Commander Tom Pinkerton from Ballymoney is honoured at the US Air Force museum for his contribution in … More

502 (Ulster) Squadron, Australia, Ballintoy, Ballymoney, Coalisland, HMS Newmarket, Pinkerton, USAF

June 10. King in D-Day speech called nation to prayer. Roll of Honour

William Kirkpatrick from Coleraine fell in the Machine Gun Corps in 1916. Contemporary local newspaper reports tell how James Todd … More

Australia, Bangor, Bessbrook, Coleraine, Cookstown, Hillsborough, RUC

May 19. North Irish Horse dismounts in WW1. Roll of Honour

Newry-born Francis Joseph McMahon recounts life with the NIH in WW1 and his journey to Egypt with their horses when … More

Anzac Cove, Australia, Dunkirk, North Irish Horse, RFC, Royal Irish Fusiliers

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