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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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May 7. Final day of WW2 in Europe. Lusitania sinking WW1. Roll of Honour

This is the anniversary of the 1945 cessation of war in Europe. The German Chief-of-Staff, General Jodl, signed Germany’s unconditional … More

Canada, Crumlin, Derry, German surrender WW2, Gilford, Japanese POW, Lisburn, Lusitania, Portrush, Ulster Division

May 5. German U-boat shells Portballintrae. Roll of Honour

In 1918, a German submarine U-boat (U9) surfaced off Portballintrae and shelled the village attempting to hit SS Wheatear, an … More

Belfast blitz, Derry, Gaelic football, Hill 60, Netherlands, Portballintrae

May 3. Limavady’s ‘Happy Amateur’ was outstanding Commando. Roll of Honour

On 3rd May 1915, Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, penned his now-famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”. Today’s … More

Belfast Cathedral, Crumlin, Derry, Flanders Fields, Limavady, Lurgan, McCrae, Smith MC

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

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

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

March 15. Father of actor and WW2 paratrooper Richard Todd. Roll of Honour

Among those remembered today is Andrew Todd, a medical officer from Derry and Moneymore, who served in both World Wars. … More

Ballymoney, Brookeborough, Cassino, D-Day, Derry, HMS Vortigern, Moneymore, Operation Dickens, RichardTodd

December 10. Force Z – Repulse and Prince of Wales sunk. Roll of Honour

This day in 1941, at least twenty-three men from NI were lost in HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales … More

Coleraine, Derry, Force Z, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Repulse, Limavady, Mossley, QUB, Royal Navy

October 23. Four brothers from Randalstown manse. Roll of Honour

Wimeruex Cemetery near Bologne where headstones are laid flat due to sandy soil along the coastal area. Graves include that … More

Derry, Flanders Fields, HMS Unique, Le Cateau, Limavady, Lt Col John McCrae, Randalstown, Submarines, Wimeruex

October 21. Ulster Rifles and Artillery in liberation of Italy. Roll of Honour

Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery … More

Derry, Larne, Portadown, Royal Artillery, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles

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