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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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January 22. Belfast bishop on the beach as 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, Bishop, Burma, Kangaw, Masonic, Myanmar, RBAI

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

15 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

August 16. Second worst day of WW1. Seven Instonians die. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1917 The Battle of Langmarck began. It was fought in horrendous ground and weather conditions. Enemy … More

36th (Ulster), Burma, Inst, Langemarck, RBAI, Singapore, VJ Day, Ypres

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

July 25 – In 1915 Aughnacloy-born Jimmy Reid serving with the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, died from a cerebral haemorrhage … More

Aughnacloy, Burma, Campbell College, Campbell College Pipes and Drums, Canada, Dungannon, Holywood, organist, South Africa

May 23. Bob Wright – from Sandy Row to Dunkirk and Burma. Roll of Honour

The Roll of Honour for WW2 highlights two major developments. Entries for 1940 reflect the defensive fall back to Dunkirk … More

Bob Wright, Burma, Cassino, Dunkirk, North Irish Horse, Sandy Row

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

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

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