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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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March 25. Kaiserschlacht WW1. Operation Varsity WW2. Roll of Honour

Dungannon born John Tackaberry was serving as the medical officer with the 31st Punjabi Regiment when he died from cerebral-spinal … More

Bangor, Basra, Coleraine, Dungannon, Kaiserschlacht, Lisburn, Varsity

March 20. Tommy Jess, Lisburn survivor of HMS Lapwing.Roll of Honour

HMS Lapwing was sunk on a convoy to Murmansk in 1945. Three men from NI were lost. Tommy Jess (photo) … More

Ballymena, Bangor, Coleraine, Downpatrick, Enniskillen, HMS Lapwing, Murmansk, VAD, YMCA

March 16. Female fatalities in RAF and nursing. Roll of Honour

Two women are named in today’s Roll. Sister Rosa McGibbon from Lurgan served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing … More

Aquitania, Bangor, Dervock, Killyleagh, Lurgan, Military Nursing, Nursing Memorial, Queen Alexandra

March 2. With the Gurkha Rifles at Cassino. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll records the deaths of two members of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. One from Lisburn died in the … More

Bangor, Cassino, Cookstown, Groomsport, Gurkha Rifles, HMS Stronghold, Japan POW, Lisburn, Moneymore

March 01. Poetry loving tank commander. A Coleraine romance. Roll of Honour

William Cross was one of the significant number of NI men who served with forces from the British Empire in … More

Australian War Memorial, Bangor, Canberra, Coleraine, Dungannon, New Zealand, Rockport, WRNS

February 26. Spike Milligan served in tough times alongside Royal Ulster Rifles. Roll of Honour

Three riflemen Charles Hamilton from Shantallow, David Scott from Lisburn, and William Ruddock from Belfast, serving in the Royal Ulster … More

Ballymena, Bangor, Lisburn, Londonderry, Rangoon, RNAS, Spike Milligan, Tunisia

February 17. Belfast father and son’s joint WW2 funeral. Roll of Honour

Twenty-three NI servicemen are recalled today. John Kinnin from Belfast died as a result of a training exercise with the … More

Arctic Star, Ballymena, Bangor, Canada, Cookstown, Medic, Moneymore, Murmansk, New Zealand, QUB, RAMC, Royal Marine Light Infantry

February 13. Channel Dash and Dresden. Roll of Honour

In 1917 William McKeague from Bushmills died at St Quentin in France. James Hackett from Fivemiletown is remembered in Chungkai … More

Bangor, Burma, Donaghadee, Dresden, Fivemiletown, Gallipoli, Irvinestown, Japanese POW, Newtownards

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