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Every day is a Remembrance Day

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March 26. Whippet tanks released against German Spring Offensive. Roll of Honour

Six sons of the Thompson famiy of Gobnascale House, Londonderry served in WW1. William who died this day in 1918 … More

Bushmills, CAI, Coleraine, Cookstown, Gilford, HMS Jaguar, Londonderry, North Irish Horse, Tanks, Whippet

March 11. Son of Prime Minister of Northern Ireland killed in Tunisia. Roll of Honour

Nine fatalities from HMS Bayano, torpedoed on this day in 1915, are interred in N Ireland. On this day in … More

Brooke, Chaplain, Cookstown, Fintona, HMS Bayano, New Zealand, Royal Flying Corps

March 10. Neuve Chapelle – Royal Irish Rifles first major WW1 action. Roll of Honour

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, was fought between 10 and 13 March 1915. Hugh Andrews from Ballymena, John Campbell from … More

Arctic convoys, Ballymena, Cookstown, D-Day, Jerusalem, Neuve Chapelle, Omaha beach, Palestine, Tunisia

March 6. Antrim man was army’s top medic. Roll of Honour

This day in 1915 pub owners in Lurgan stated they would decline to serve soldiers in uniform with liquor in … More

Antrim, Bushmills, Cookstown, Lurgan, Malone Golf Club, Portrush, Portstewart, RAMC

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

February 27. NI navy men in Battle of Java Sea. Roll of Honour

John McGuckin from Cookstown, Thomas Graham, and William Hagan from Belfast were lost in HMS Jupiter in 1942 in the … More

Banbridge, Cookstown, HMS Jupiter, HMS Repulse, Royal Ulster Rifles, Submarine Tigris, Tandragee

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 7. Ards men’s costly service. Roll of Honour

Four Ards men were killed in action together on this day in 1916. James Calvert, David McConnell, Charles Newell and John … More

Canada, Cookstown, HMS Belfast, HMS Exeter, Killinchy, Newtownards, River Plate

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