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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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January 18. Lurgan pilot dies in USA. Roll of Honour

Twenty-year-old Robert Lawther from Lurgan died this day in 1943 in an aircraft accident whilst undergoing pilot training in USA. … More

Arizona, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lurgan, Mesa City, VC

December 26. Yachtsman from RNIYC and HMS Caroline lost. Roll of Honour

Walter Edmenson, a Naval Reserve officer from HMS Caroline, who was a member of Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, … More

Dungannon, HMS Caroline, HMS Duke of York, HMS Pink, Killyleagh, Londonderry, North Cape, RNIYC, Scharnhorst

December 24. Two exceptional women. Roll of Honour

Remembered today are Ruth Dickson and Frances Mayne. Ruth from Eglish served as a nurse in WW1. In 1923, she … More

Bangor, Bletchley, Dungannon, Enigma, Japanese POW, Mayne, Newtownards, Nursing

December 23. Voluntary ambulance driver and Naval air pilot.                        Roll of Honour

Thomas Malcolmson Greeves (Photo) was a son of a well-known Belfast linen family. He served with the Friends Ambulance unit … More

Downpatrick, Dungannon, Greeves, HMS Zulu, RNAS, South Down Militia. Coleraine

December 14. Cairncastle and Cobh link to Free French navy. Roll of Honour

The legendary Ulster soldier Lt Colonel Blair “Paddy” Mayne, DSO, and three Bars, and a founding member of the Special … More

Blair Mayne, Cairncastle, Cobh, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Free French, Newtownards

December 13. NI Marine’s gallantry at Battle of the River Plate. Roll of Honour.

Archie Douther from Ballyclare emigrated to Canada. On the outbreak of WW1, he joined up becoming a Sergeant in 18th … More

Ballyclare, Canada, Dungannon, North Irish Horse, RAMC, South Africa

November 30. HMS Vanguard the last and largest RN Battleship launched. Roll of Honour

On This Day in 1944, the last and largest Royal Navy Battleship, and the last Battleship in the world was … More

Ballycastle, Ballyclare, Ballywalter, Coleraine, Dungannon, HMS Vanguard, Knockbreda, Netherlands

November 21. Sinking of Britannic, sister ship to Titanic. Roll of Honour

The Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, was being used as a Hospital Ship when she sank in the Aegean … More

Ballymena, Britannic, Canada, Coleraine, Dungannon, Italy, Larne, New Zealand, Newtownards, Royal Artillery, Titanic, Tobermore

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