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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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12 May. Start of final assault on Monte Cassino. Roll of Honour

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the final successful attack involving 38 (Irish) Brigade on Monte Cassino in … More

Burma, Dunkirk, Irish Brigade, Killyleagh, Monte Cassino

May 2. Belfast Gunner became city’s mayor. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll includes accounts of a number of remarkable people. In WW1 William Kane of Londonderry, a member of the … More

Anzio, Ballymena, Burma, HMS Edinburgh, HMS Jersey, Kinahan, Lisburn, Londonderry, Portadown, RBAI, Royal Artillery, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

February 23. Greenisland and Larne airmen lost in same plane over Burma. Roll of Honour

In 1917 the Ballymena Observer reports that Robert Quigg VC has been awarded the Russian Medal of Saint George. In … More

502 Ulster Squadron, Alf Ramsay, Anzio, Ballykinlar, Ballymena, Burma, Greenisland, Larne, Quigg, Stanley Matthews, VC

February 13. Channel Dash and Dresden. Roll of Honour

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

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

January 22. Operation Shingle the battle for Anzio begins. Roll of Honour

Company Serjeant-Major James Scott of the Royal Irish Rifles, 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. kept a diary during the Great War. … More

Anzio, Burma, Kangaw, Masonic, Myanmar, RBAI

December 15. HMS Galatea – ship with superb war record sank in three minutes. Roll of Honour

14 men from NI were lost when HMS Galatea was sunk by a U-Boat in 1941. ‘Twinem’ Matchett from Hillsborough … More

Ballymena, Burma, Glenn Miller, Hillsborough, HMS Galatea, Japanese POW, Lisburn

September 7. Respected veteran of Bomber Command. Roll of Honour

On this night in 1940 London was bombed. For 56 nights thereafter air raids continued. On this day in 1945, … More

Air raids, Bomber Command, Burma, Irish Air Corps, RFC

July 25. The Gunner Organist and broadcaster. Roll of Honour

In 1915 Aughnacloy born Jimmy Reid serving with the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, died from cerebral haemorrhage due to a … More

Burma, Campbell College

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