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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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March 21. VC won in last major German offensive of WW1. Roll of Honour

The Roll of Honour today is dominated by the records of some of those who fell in the fallback from … More

Comber, Derry, DeWind VC, Kaiserschlacht, Spring Offensive, Upperlands, UVF, Veteran, Victoria Cross

March 19. Future Queen visits Comber for RN baptism. Roll of Honour

HRH Princess Elizabeth came to Comber in 1946 to be godmother at the baptism of Elizabeth Lavinia Sarah King daughter … More

Ballymena, Baptism, Comber, Osborne King, Queen Elizabeth

February 11. From Dungannon to Dieppe. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1940 Serjeant James McCrae from Dungannon, serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, died at Dieppe. In … More

502 (Ulster) Squadron, Comber, Dieppe, Dungannon, NW Frontier, QUB, RBAI

November 19. War cemetery in moated chateau grounds. Roll of Honour

Bedford House Cemetery is sited at a former country house in a small wooded park with moats. The fallen remembered … More

Ballycastle, Canada, Comber, Instonian, Lisburn, RBAI, Upperlands

November 17. James Gracey, DCM, NI Horse and NZ Police. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1915, the North Irish Horse disembarked in France. With them was James Gracey later to be … More

Ballyclare, Canada, Comber, DFC, HMS Caroline, New Zealand, Newry, North Irish Horse

November 6. Belfast pilot died saving village school. Roll of Honour

In 1940 RBAI educated JK Haire, a RAFVR pilot from Belfast, died saving a village school. His Hurricane was shot … More

Bushmills, Coleraine, Comber, Haire, JK Haire, Limavady, Operation Infatuate, RBAI, Royal Marines, Walcheren

August 25. Queen’s University lecturer’s courage. Shankill submariner decorated. Roll of Honour

In 1914 a QUB Lecturer in Archaeology and Ancient History was killed on the second day of the Battle of … More

Comber, Mons, Newtownards, Paris, QUB, Strabane, Submarines

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