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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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May 26. Operation Dynamo at Dunkirk. Attacking the Bismarck. Roll of Honour.

The Roll of Honour today reflects the battles around Dunkirk in 1940. Among the fallen are men from Coleraine, Dollingstown, … More

Ark Royal, Bismarck, Coleraine, Doagh, Dollingstown, Dunkirk, Enniskillen, Le Cateau, Londonderry

May 22. 17 from NI lost in sinking of the Mighty G, HMS Gloucester. Roll of Honour.

Seventeen Naval personnel from throughout NI died in HMS Gloucester when ‘the Fighting G’ was dive-bombed following the German airborne … More

Ballycastle, Bushmills, Coleraine, Crete, Gallipoli, Gurkha Bluff, HMS Drake, HMS Gloucester, Rathlin

April 29. Sir William Tyrell, British Lion, Army and RAF doctor. Roll of Honour

This is the anniversary of the death in 1968 of Air Marshall William Tyrell who served in both wars as … More

Coleraine, Dunmurry, Lions, Londonderry, NI Horse, Portadown, RBAI, Rugby, Tyrell

April 25. Northern Ireland’s Anzacs. Roll of Honour.

Six men from NI died on this day in Gallipoli in 1915 – Alexander Martin from Magheragall, Lisburn, was serving … More

Anzac Day, Auckland, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Gallipoli, Holywood, Lisburn, Magherafelt, Toronto, Tunisia, VC

April 23. Ypres, Zeebrugge and myriad acts of bravery. Roll of Honour

In today’s Roll of Honour there are representatives from some of the more notable battles of both wars. Ypres in … More

Armagh, Belfast News Letter, Coleraine, Dunkirk, Henderson, Hillsborough, Londonderry, Ranville, UTV, Ypres, Zeebrugge

April 21.QUB Professor determines cause of death of Red Baron. Rangoon memorial records hard fought ground for Inniskillings. Roll of Honour

Thomas Sinclair, Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University, Belfast, in April 1918, found himself at the centre of one of … More

Burmah, Coleraine, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lisburn, Myanmar, Rangoon Memorial, Red Baron, Tobermore

April 13. Foundation of RFC. HMS Repulse survivor. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1912, The Royal Flying Corps was founded. By the end of the year it had a … More

Annsborough, Antrim, Armagh, Coleraine, Dunmurry, HMS Repulse, Lisburn, Londonderry, RFC, Royal Flying Corps

April 6. NI men in battles in Tunisia and Burmah. Roll of Honour

Charles Ervine MC died this day in 1916 serving with the Tyneside Irish battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was … More

Banbridge, Casino, Coleraine, Courts of Justice, Cregagh Cricket, Irish Brigade, Kilrea, Padre Kelleher

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