Remembrance NI
Every day is a Remembrance Day
Tag: Ballymena
January 28 – Roll of Honour
Today’s veteran remembered is Alex Ballentine, RAF aircrew, from Ballymena who was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III, the scene depicted in the film “The Great Escape”. Photo – At the time of the WW1 Armistice, Artillery Wood Cemetery in Belgium contained…
June 21 – DCM award to WW1 Ballymena Gunner
The London Gazette of June 21, 1916, recorded that Bombardier Joseph Francey of Ballymena had been awarded the DCM.
June 21 – Hugh McNeill, Royal Marine WW1
Belfast-born Lance-Corporal Hugh McNeill, of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, perished when his ship was torpedoed by a First World War U-Boat. He served during the Boxer Rebellion in China, the defence of Antwerp and with the RNAS Armoured Car Division. His service is…
June 19 – Roll of Honour
CWGC Poperinge New Military Cemetery. Remembering those who died on this day.
June 14 – Roll of Honour
Ranville War Cemetery, France – remembering Wilnor Crawford, Royal Ulster Rifles. 1st (Airborne), from Ballymena and others who fell this day
June 7 – Northern Ireland at D Day
2 – The second in a series about NI people on D Day. Peter McCambridge of Ballymena won his DCM on the ‘Longest Day’ – but he had, in fact, dropped into Normandy in the late evening of June 5, 1944. Photo – The…
June 4 – Ballymena RAF man lost in Wadden Sea in raid on Bremen
His brother also RAF died as POW on Burma-Siam railway
