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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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June 29. Pathfinder on 127 ops became Terence O’Neill’s wingman. Roll of Honour

Squadron Leader Jim ‘Zulu’ Malley, DSO, DFC and Bar, WW2 Pathfinder became NI Prime Minister’s close civil servant adviser. The … More

Bomber Command, Dromore, Dungannon, Hillsborough, HMS Caroline, Jim Malley, Malley, O’Neill, Terence O’Neill

June 28. Belfast Squadron Leader flew 87 operations, 25 over Berlin. Roll of Honour

Five NI men died this day at Gallipoli in 1915, three were Inniskillings – Henry Black from Derry, Hugh McBride … More

Bomber Command, Coleraine, Cookstown, Derry, Dromore, El Alamein, Hillsborough, Lisburn, Whiteabbey

June 10. King in D-Day speech called nation to prayer. Roll of Honour

William Kirkpatrick from Coleraine fell in the Machine Gun Corps in 1916. Contemporary local newspaper reports tell how James Todd … More

Australia, Bangor, Bessbrook, Coleraine, Cookstown, Hillsborough, RUC

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

April 28. MM for Ballymena man in Canadian forces Vimy Ridge action. Roll of Honour

In 1915 William Gilliland, a young Lieutenant from Londonderry, in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died at Gallipoli. By December the … More

Dunmurry, Gallipoli, Glentoran, Hillsborough, Londonderry, Marines, Vimy Ridge

April 27. Poisoned gas at Ypres. HMS Caroline surgeon – historian. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1915, Germany used mass poison gas attacks affecting Canadian and Irish Divisions. Five NI men were … More

Allison, Brookeborough, Canadians, Coagh, Gas, Hillsborough, HMS Caroline, Hms Diamond, HMS Redmill, Moneymore, Newcastle, Portaferry, Vimy Ridge

April 23. Myriad acts of bravery. Roll of Honour

In today’s Roll of Honour there are representatives from some of the more notable battles of both wars. Ypres in … More

Armagh, Belfast News Letter, Coleraine, Dunkirk, Henderson, Hillsborough, Londonderry, Ranville, Ypres, Zeebrugge

April 3. War service from Canada to Karachi. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1919 Admirals Jellicoe and Beatty (photo) were both promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. They were … More

Beatty, Coleraine, Hillsborough, Jellicoe, Jutland, Le Cateau, Rasharkin, South Africa

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