Skip to content

Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Tag: Ballycastle

March 12. Three Belfast brothers die for freedom. Roll of Honour

Thomas Davison of Spamount Street, Belfast, died today in 1915 serving with the Royal Irish Rifles in France. The GPO … More

Ballycastle, Ballymoney, Canada, Clogher, Dungannon, India, Islandmagee, Japan, Yokohama

March 08. Portaferry navy flyer designed winning yachts. Roll of Honour

James Braithwaite a Company Serjeant Major from Lisburn and John Carruthers a private with links to Ballycastle who fell in … More

Ballycastle, Holywood, Lisburn, Portaferry, Portrush, QUB, yachts

February 6. Military honours for Portrush WW1 Rifleman. Roll of Honour

A real-life love story features in today’s Veterans Roll. Joan Casement from Ballycastle, serving as an officer in the WRNS, … More

Aghadowey, Ballycastle, Campsie, Magherafelt, Portrush, Rasharkin, Stewartstown

January 13. War graves on Rathlin recall loss of HMS Viknor. Roll of Honour

In 1915 HMS Vicknor made a major contribution to the war by capturing the leading German spy-master after a search … More

Ballycastle, Carson, HMS Viknor, Kipling, Rathlin, UVF

December 12. Cookstown and St. Souplet. Roll of Honour

Harden Scott from Bangor was one of the first officers in the Royal Flying Corps. He received his Military Cross … More

Ballycastle, Bangor, Canada, Cookstown, Italy, Portstewart, RFC

November 30. HMS Vanguard the last and largest RN Battleship launched. Roll of Honour

On This Day in 1944, the last and largest Royal Navy Battleship, and the last Battleship in the world was … More

Ballycastle, Ballyclare, Ballywalter, Coleraine, Dungannon, HMS Vanguard, Knockbreda, Netherlands

November 29. Birthday of CS Lewis. TB claimed Ballycastle WW1 hero. Portadown Desert Rat. Roll of Honour

World-famous author Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast on 29/11/1898. He was only 18 when he was commissioned into … More

Archbishop of Armagh, Ballycastle, CS Lewis, Kranji, Narnia, Portadown, Singapore

November 28. Brook Purdon, army medicine and rugby. Roll of Honour

Major General William Brook Purdon’s distinctive career covered rugby, medicine, war service, and public service. He played rugby for Inst … More

Ballycastle, Ballymoney, London Irish, Purdon, QUB, RBAI, Upperlands

Posts navigation

Older posts

Daily posts

Remembrance NI

Remembrance NI
April 2023
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
« Mar    

Remembrance Ni

Remembrance Ni
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • Remembrance NI - Every day is a Remembrance Day
    • Join 69 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Remembrance NI - Every day is a Remembrance Day
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...