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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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June 22. Dunkirk Gunner who joined the RAF. Roll of Honour

Gunner Ernie Harwood escaped Dunkirk in a fishing boat in 1940 and joined RAF. On this day Barbarossa, the German … More

Dunkirk, Japanese POW, Normandy, Rangoon, UlsterTower Thiepval

June 9. Tyrell MC air ace of WW1. DCM for NI para post D Day. Roll of Honour

Michael John McGee, from Mill Street, Aughnacloy, served with 7th Parachute Battalion and jumped behind the German lines in 1944. … More

8th. HAA Regiment, Belfast Gunners, D Day, Dunkirk, RBAI, RFC, RNAS, Royal Artillery, RUR, Tyrell

June 4. Ballymena and Coleraine brothers in arms WW2. Roll of Honour

William and Thomas Rowan from Ballymena joined the RAF in WW2. On this day in 1942, Thomas died when his … More

Ballymena, Bomber Command, Brigadier Pat Scott, Churchill, D-Day, Dunkirk, Gallipoli, HMS Foylebank, Irish Division, Midway, Rome

June 3. Jerrettspass Flight Sergeant’s fatal crash in Equatorial Guinea. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll includes John Gray from Portstewart who died of wounds in Egypt in 1915 after service with Royal Marines … More

Canada, Cookstown, Dunkirk, Equatorial Guinea, Jerrettspass, Portstewart, RAF, Royal Ulster Rifles

June 1. Three NI officers at Jutland. Roll of Honour

After the battle of Jutland, Commander Edward Bingham VC from Bangor, Captain Herbert Meade, DSO from Ballynahinch, and Commodore Frederic … More

Ballynahinch, Bangor, Bingham, Dreyer, Dunkirk, Jutland, Meade, Portadown, Seale, VC

May 30. NI Coastal Command ace honoured by RAF. Roll of Honour

In May 2020 a new Poseidon was named for Ulsterman Terence Bulloch, the top U-boat hunter of WW2. Educated at … More

Bomber Command, Bulloch, Coastal Command, Dunkirk

May 29. Dunkirk Memorial. Three Holywood brothers. Roll of Honour

Twenty-seven NI men named in today’s Roll fought and fell in the rearguard action to Dunkirk in 1940. As the … More

Cassino, Crete, Dunkirk, Gosford, Holywood, Limavady

May 28. Dunkirk evacuations day 2. Roll of Honour.

Coleraine born Thomas Moody died in 1918 serving with New Zealand infantry and is named on his country’s Roll of … More

Belfast, Bessbrook, Crete, Downpatrick, Dunkirk, Hillsborough, HMS Orion, Lisburn, Narvik, Newry

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